human brands and branded humans
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HUMAN BRANDS & BRANDED HUMANS
FEBRUARY 2013
PRATICAL SESSION
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ARE BRANDS BECOMING MORE HUMAN? OUR TOPIC TODAY
ARE HUMAN BECOMING MORE BRANDED?
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ARE BRANDS BECOMING
MORE HUMAN?
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AT THE ORIGINS: A BREAK-‐UP BETWEN BRANDS AND CONSUMERS
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“Today, brands are becoming more and more like humans, They’re taking on more and more human-‐like traits.”
Elle Luna, IDEO communica>ons designer
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SOME AGENCIES TOOK THIS "BRAND HUMANIZATION" IDEA REALLY SERIOUSLY
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MORE BRAND ARE PUTTING A HUMAN FACE OR SHOWING HUMAN CHARACTERS
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SOCIA MEDIA HAS ACCELERATED THE PHENOMENA WITH CONVERSATIONAL BRANDS
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« In my social feeds and yours, brands look a lot like people -‐-‐ their posts occupy the same real estate as updates from my mom, they face the same blank box and photo uploader before publishing as I do. On Facebook, the biggest marketers in the world get accounts that look just like mine. »
Noah Brier, co-‐founder of Percolate (ex Barbarian Group)
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BUT TRUTH IS…
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People are complex organisms, products of tens of thousands of years of evoluGon. Brands are a device invented relaGvely recently to make it easier for consumers to idenGfy a product and differenGate it from its compeGtors. Most people, when encountering brands online, realize that there may be humans associated with it, but the brand itself isn't a person. Consumers don't want brands to be people.
Corey Mull, senior analyst at CEB
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REALITY CHECK
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3 TIPS FOR BRANDS: FROM A HUMAN BRAND TO A HUMAN-‐CENTRIC BRAND
BE TRANSPARENT,
NOT HUMAN-SKINNED
TREAT HUMANS WELL, THEY’LL RETURN THE
FAVOR
BE USEFULL AND
INNOVATIVE, BY FOCUSING ON HUMAN
DIGITAL
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ARE HUMAN BECOMING
MORE BRANDED?
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« Regardless of age, regardless of posiGon, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You. »
Tom Peters, writer on business management prac>ces
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PEOPLE ARE BECOMING PRODUCER, MEDIA AND BROADCASTER
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PEOPLE CAN BUILD THEIR OWN REPUTATION ONLINE
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BUT TRUTH IS…
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SOMETIMES, TOO MUCH PERSONAL-‐BRANDING AND AUTOPROMOTION CAN ANNOYED
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3 TIPS FOR HUMANS: FROM SELF-‐BRANDING TO SELF-‐ESTEEM
MODESTY AND HONESTY ARE
KEY
DON’T DO VIDEO CV. NEVER. IT’S NOT GOOD FOR
YOU.
DON’T BE COOL*
*This one was borrowed from Bruce Mau Manifesto, one of the best read on crea>vity, ever.