Integrated branding - F. Joseph LePla

For deeper, more loyal customer relationships and enhanced profit margins, companies must actually "live" the brands they sell. This approach is called "integrated branding" and it's not just a communications strategy. A company must demonstrate to itself and its customers that its external brand image is a reflection of the company itself. The brand and the company are inseparable, and this realization must pervade the entire organization, from new product de velopment to human resource management.;Integrated branding is a way of operating, an overall way of doing business, and a way to make certain a company's products are based on the right answers to two mutually reinforcing questions: "What do customers value?" and "What does the company do best in relation to what customers want?". The tools to accomplish these goals are called "drivers". In this updated edition of their guide, LePla and Parker show clearly and comprehensively how drivers work and how to apply them. Also included are discussions of how to determine brand structure, how an integrated brand applies to marketing communications and how integrated brands can help companies when they go public.

F Joseph LePla has worked with a broad range of companies for 20 years to help develop and manage their brands. Prior to co-founding Parker LePla, he was a corporate Vice President of Public Relations, President of a full service marketing agency, and Vice President of Corporate Relations for a national financial services company.