the brand is dead: long live the brand
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THE BRAND DEAD.
LONG LIVE BRAND.™ THE
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a. A holdover attitude from the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods era, contending that brands function primarily to distinguish like products from each other on shelves.
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n. A brand that genuinely represents a fan constituency, providing a foundation for a community to rally around.
n. The ideal brand of the modern age – dynamic, flexible, spontaneous, adopted and spread by fans.
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n. The chaotic universe in which media objects strive to become vectors of human connection.
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n. The degree of importance, presence or fidelity a brand has in different contexts.
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IN THE PROGRAM
IN THE SWAG BAG
CLEARLY BRANDED
CO-BRANDED
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n. A media experience purporting to offer content and storytelling, but in reality obsessed primarily with how a media entity thinks of itself.
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n. A collection of brands of various shapes and sizes that represent the many (oen overlapping) fan constituencies an organization serves.
v. The act of perfunctorily occupying “real estate” in different media environments because you think your brand “needs to be there.”
n. The community of fans that loves your work, follows you, might support your Kickstarter project, and decidedly does not think of you as “a brand.”
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