Brand Failures

The Truth about the 100 Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time
2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7494-6299-4
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

What do Coca-Cola, McDonald's, IBM, Microsoft and Virgin all have in common? Yes, they are all global giants, but what they are less recognized for are the many branded products they have launched which bombed spectacularly - and at great cost. Brand Failures takes a riveting look at how such disasters occur. This new edition of Matt Haig's best-selling book, provides the inside-story of 100 major brand blunders that make for jaw-dropping reading. Brand Failures explores the brands that have set sail with the help of multi-million dollar advertising campaigns only to sink without a trace. From acknowledged brand mistakes made by successful blue-chip companies to some lesser know but hilarious bomb-shells, it reveals what went wrong in every case and provides a valuable checklist of lessons learnt for each. A tour of this fascinating hall of failure will alert you to potential dangers and show you how to ensure a long, healthy life for your brand.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haig, Matt

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Marketing

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• • Chapter - 01: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 02: Classic failures;
  • Chapter - 03: Idea failures;
  • Chapter - 04: Extension failures;
  • Chapter - 05: PR failures;
  • Chapter - 06: Culture failures;
  • Chapter - 07: People failures;
  • Chapter - 08: Business cycle failures;
  • Chapter - 09: Rebranding failures;
  • Chapter - 10: Internet and new technology failures;
  • Chapter - 11: Tired brands

Über Autor(innen)

Haig, Matt
Matt Haig is an independent consultant advising organisations of all types and sizes on creating integrated marketing and branding solutions. As one of the very first writers on e-business, Matt has always been at the forefront of developing leading edge marketing solutions. More recently he has carried out mobile marketing consultancy for several companies and has researched and written extensively on the subject.

Its rapidly growing popularity inspired Matt Haig to write his popular book Mobile Marketing: The Message Revolution. Acclaimed for his no-nonsense pragmatic style, Matt is a popular speaker and writes regularly for the national and business press. He is also the author of several other best-selling guides including E-PR: The Essential Guide to Public Relations on the Internet, E-Business Essentials, E-Mail Essentials, The E-Marketing Handbook, The B2B E-Commerce Handbook and How Come You Don't Have an E-business Strategy? (all published by Kogan Page).

Matt Haig is an acclaimed writer and journalist. He is the author of the best-selling Brand Success, (previously published as Brand Royalty by Kogan Page) and also several best-selling novels, including The Radleys, The Dead Fathers Club and The Last Family in England (Vintage).