BRANDING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
With the rise of digital media, you'd think it'd be easier than ever to be heard. Yet, most messages—especially marketing messages—fail to cut through the clutter in our crowded, distracted world.
To stand out today, you have to start with a powerful brand. But the rules of brand building have changed.
Join us to discover the seven dynamics of branding today: meaning, structure, story, content, community, clarity, and experience. You'll learn how to use them to build a brand (or refresh a current brand) that stands out, both online and off.
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Kickoff Watch Party with Nick Westergaard
July 13 at 2pm ET -
Additional Watch Party events
Weekly on Wednesday and Friday at 12pm ET
July 16 to July 23 (subject to change)
Master Classes are designed to give you the very best online learning experience with:
- Access to live viewing parties with Q&A, so you can stay focused and ask the instructor any questions that come up along the way
- Comprehensive step-by-step instruction (exactly what you need: no more, no less)
- Bite-sized lessons so you can stop and start on your schedule
- High quality audio (because there's nothing more distracting than echoes!), crisp video, and stellar graphics
- A certificate of completion to proudly showcase to your boss (or future boss) that you've mastered marketing strategy
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
The Master Class lessons are broken down into bite-sized chunks (15–30 minutes each) to make learning and retaining what you learn easy.
Branding Today: The Basics of Brand Building
The idea of branding may seem old school, but a strong brand is needed to help you stand out from in the noise. In this introductory lesson, we'll talk about these challenges and you'll get an overview of the seven dynamics you'll need to stand out.
LENGTH: 19:38 minutes
Creating a Brand With Meaning: Standout Brands Stand for Something
Your brand is more than just your logo and slogan. Everything you say and do is a part of the meaning you create in the hearts and minds of those you serve. In this lesson you'll learn how to build a strong foundation by defining your brand spark and brand promise.
LENGTH: 22:19 minutes
Structuring for Success: Know Your Brand Blueprint
During this lesson, you'll learn how to evaluate your brand touchpoints—the building blocks and core elements—and determine which ones are most helpful in standing out in the hearts and minds of your customers.
LENGTH: 22:06 minutes
Communicating Your Brand: How to Shape and Share Your Story
Stories help us build brands that stand out. In this lesson, you'll learn how to tell your brand's core story, identify your main character, and define your brand voice.
LENGTH: 24:09 minutes
Creating Unique Branded Content: What Can You and You Alone Create?
Content is king. Content rules. But there's too much content today! What's a brand builder to do? During this lesson, you'll learn sustainable systems for creating unique content based on customer challenges and pain points.
LENGTH: 21:40 minutes
Cultivating Circles of Community: Branding From the Inside Out
People are key to building a strong, authentic brand. In this lesson, you'll develop a system for developing strong relationships among your community of brand advocates—from your employees to your best customers.
LENGTH: 26:28 minutes
Clarity Wins: Why Transparent, Simple Brands Stand Out
Brands today have to be transparent in what they say and what they do. Also, as complex as our world is, simplicity is key in standing out. During this lesson, you'll learn how to audit your brand for clarity—both in terms of transparency and simplicity.
LENGTH: 18:38 minutes
Mapping Your Brand Experience: Clear, Coherent, and Consistent
You build your brand through everything you do, from traditional one-way touchpoints like advertising to interactive touchpoints like social media. In this lesson, you'll learn to map your brand experience—both online and off—and address any gaps you may have.
LENGTH: 22:43 minutes
Branding Tomorrow: The Ongoing Work of Branding
With the seven dynamics mastered, it's time to focus on the ongoing work of brand building. During this final lesson, you'll learn to connect your day-to-day branding to important organizational concepts, like company culture and growth.
LENGTH: 20:13 minutesOUR EXPERT
YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Nick Westergaard
Nick Westergaard is a strategist, speaker, author, and educator. As chief strategist at Brand Driven Digital, he's spent his career building standout brands at organizations of all sizes—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to President Obama's Jobs Council. He's the author of the books Brand Now and Get Scrappy, a contributor to the Harvard Business Review, host of the popular On Brand podcast, a TEDx speaker coach, and a lecturer at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business.
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