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Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Created by BoF’s journalists and editors, in conjunction with our wider network of leading fashion creatives, thought-leaders, and innovators, Masterclasses are in-depth webinars with supporting resources, designed to deliver key learning outcomes on critical industry topics.
After a performance marketing boom in the 2010s, marketers are recalibrating their strategies (and budgets) to focus once again on brand marketing, or the long-term efforts to build a brand identity. Though brand marketing cannot be as easily linked to purchases, brands that are able to nail their brand marketing strategies will be better off in the end, developing loyal customer bases who will evangelise their company.
“When you think about building loyalty and consistent relationships with customers over time, when you want to experiment or grow into other categories, there’s a permission when [consumers] understand you at a different level, because you’re building a brand around more than a product,” said Tiffany Rolfe, the chief creative officer of advertising agency R/GA.
On the latest BoF LIVE, BoF news and features editor Diana Pearl was joined by Rolfe, Nell Diamond, the founder and CEO of Hill House Home and Jon Haber, founder of creative agency Giant Spoon, to discuss the importance of brand identity and how brands can build a brand marketing strategy.
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Building emotional, even inspirational, connections to a product is more critical than ever in fashion and beauty. In today’s hyper-competitive, crowded environment, marketing strategies that make brands stand out and stay culturally relevant need a mix of old and new tactics.
Practitioners of this historically behind-the-scenes profession are building powerful followings, riding a wave of interest in how the fashion sausage is made. But even the highest-profile PRs caution that the client still has to comes first.
Join us for a BoF Professional Masterclass that explores the topic in our latest Case Study, “How to Create Cultural Moments on Any Budget.”
When done effectively, a cultural partnership can rightfully earn its own place in the zeitgeist. But it’s not so easy as just hiring a celebrity to star in an ad campaign; brands must choose a partner that makes sense, find the format that fits best and amplify that message to consumers.
Calvin Klein’s chief marketing officer Jonathan Bottomley speaks to Imran Amed about the strategy behind the brand’s buzzy Jeremy Allen White-fronted campaign.