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Accidental Branding David Vinjamuri

Accidental Branding By David Vinjamuri

Accidental Branding by David Vinjamuri


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Every year, thousands of new business are started by people with no knowledge of modern marketing at all?and some of them survive and thrive. Accidental Branding tells the story of seven accidental brands and how their founders beat bigger competitors by breaking the standard rules of marketing. Successful brands like Burt's Bees, J.

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Accidental Branding: How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands by David Vinjamuri

Every year, thousands of new business are started by people with no knowledge of modern marketing at all?and some of them survive and thrive. Accidental Branding tells the story of seven accidental brands and how their founders beat bigger competitors by breaking the standard rules of marketing. Successful brands like Burt's Bees, J. Peterman, and Clif Bar reveal how doing things differently can lead to big-time success. If you're an entrepreneur or a marketer, this guide will show you how to build stronger brands.

Accidental Branding Reviews

The stories of acclaimed entrepreneurs like John Peterman (J. Peterman) and Gert Boyle (Columbia Sportswear), whose brands generate a cult-like loyalty from consumers, give this book a lively flavor that goes down better than any list of dry strategies. Author Vinjamuri-a marketing professor at New York University and the founder of a marketing training company-reports that every brand I wanted to write about started with some fortuitous accident visited upon perfectionists who sweat every detail. Gary Erickson, creator of the Clif Bar, is one such perfectionist; a long-distance cyclist disgusted with foul-tasting energy bars, he invented his own bar, more delicious and nutritious than any of its competitors. Another example is Roxanne Quimby, who was living in a tent in Maine with her five-year-old twin daughters when Burt Shavitz, a beekeeper, picked her up hitchhiking and inspired her Burt's Bees brand. Luck and good timing played a role for these businesspeople, but their success ultimately stemmed from an ability to think like their own consumer. Despite a tendency to digress, Vinjamuri has a similar understanding of his readers. The chapter he dedicates to his own conclusions is thoughtful enough, but not nearly as compelling as the stories of the entrepreneurs themselves. (Apr.) (Publishers Weekly, February 8, 2008)

About David Vinjamuri

David Vinjamuri teaches marketing at New York University and is founder and President of ThirdWay Brand Trainers, a marketing training company whose clients include American Express, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and other leading consumer brands. David is a former brand manager at Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola. For more information, visit www.accidentalbranding.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword. Chapter I. What is an Accidental Brand. Chapter II. The Accidental Brand-Builder in You. Chapter III. The Storyteller John Peterman (J. Peterman). Chapter IV. Craig Newmark (Craigslist). Chapter V. Gary Erickson (Clif Bar). Chapter VI. Myrian Zaoui and Eric Malka (The Art of Shaving). Chapter VII. Gert Boyle (Columbia Sportswear). Chapter VIII. Julie Aigner-Clark (Baby Einstein). Chapter IX. Roxanne Quimby (Burt's Bees). Afterword.

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CIN0470165065G
9780470165065
0470165065
Accidental Branding: How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands by David Vinjamuri
Used - Good
Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
20080425
224
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