Scott Davis, Chief Growth Officer, discusses building relentlessly relevant brands through five core tenants: knowing and loving your brand's purpose, arming your communities, owning category clarity, driving continuous bold moves, and creating infinite remarkable experiences. When combined, these five tenants can help a brand achieve relentless relevance and enduring loyalty from consumers in today's changing marketplace. Davis uses examples from brands like Apple, Starbucks, Nike, and Disney to illustrate how they embody these principles.
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Sources: The Verge
Relevance is
no longer a
moment in time,
and no brand
can assume
enduring loyalty
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Every brand needs to think like a challenger
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Awareness Driver
Advertising (TV, print, online ads)
Friends and family who volunteered their opinion
Observing people use product/brand
Research conducted online
Friends & family from whom you sought out opinions
Information at store or on-shelf
Company's website
Promotion/sponsorship from the company
Sales material by company that came to you
Product reviews by experts, peers
Research conducted offline
Sales material by company that you sought out
Salesperson at point of sale
Direct mail with special offer from company
News media
Email/text message with special offer from company
Telemarketing with special offer from company
Purchase Driver
Friends & family from whom you sought out opinions
Friends & family who volunteered their opinion
Research conducted online
Promotion/sponsorship from the company
Product reviews by experts, peers
Company's website
Information at store or on-shelf
Research conducted offline
Observing people use product/brand
Advertising by the company
Sales material by company that you sought out
Sales material by company that came to you
Direct mail with special offer from company
Salesperson at point of sale
News media
Email/text message with special offer from company
Telemarketing with special offer from company
Source: Prophet Consumer Research; Jack Morton : The Year of Experience Brands
Most
Least
You no longer drive preference, your target
consumer does… and define relevance as a result
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1 DIY Empowerment
2 Shared Economy
3 On-Demand Service Mentality
4 Knowledge Sourcing Communities
5 Winning Validation
6 Considerate Choices
7 Personalized Service
There is a new generation of brands that are winning
the relevance war through pervasive consumer
participation and engagement. Old brands take heed!
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This sounds great, Scott! But we think you’re full of it.
What are consumers saying?
Source: Prophet brand survey, n = 1000
I choose brands more for how they connect with my life than
for being widely known and advertised.81%
I’m more loyal to brands that continue to find new ways of being
relevant in my life.80%
I am more loyal to a brand that I can engage with on
my own terms.72%
My ability to interact with/help shape a brand is important when
choosing what brand I buy.59%
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So How Do You Define a
Relentlessly Relevant Brand?
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Relentlessly Relevant brands consistently
inspire us and move us to action. They make
smart, bold moves that amaze customers, push
competitors out of consideration, and – at times
– define entirely new categories and markets.
And they do it while remaining unwaveringly
authentic to who they are.
Relentlessly Relevant brands engage, surprise
and connect. They delight, disrupt and deliver.
They are restless. They push themselves to
earn and re-earn customers’ loyalty – and they
define and redefine what’s possible in their
categories and in our world.
Those companies that have built
RELENTLESSLY RELEVANT brands generally
have four common characteristics:
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Consumer Obsessed Distinctively Inspired
Ruthlessly PragmaticPervasive Innovators
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There are five tenants core to driving
relentless brand relevance
Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
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Know what your purpose is and why
you exist. Inspire employees and
stakeholders and they will, in turn,
inspire your customers
Know and Love
Your Purpose
16. Provide the
democratization
of technology
Apple
Provide a
third refuge
Starbucks
Empower women to find
their inner beauty
Dove
Provide unconditional
personal service
Zappos
Provide magic
moments
Disney
Provide affordable
luxury
IKEA
Celebrate the athlete
within each of us
Nike
Be irreverent, rule
breakers, regardless
of category
Virgin
Be unconventionally,
fashionably affordable
H&M
17. Become THE brand that defines
the category. Be clear, intentional,
and aggressive!
Own Category
Clarity
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Leverage employees and loyal
customers as allies. Give them a
reason to love you and influence
others to do the same.
Arm Your
Communities
19. Give customers what they want,
through any channel, in ways that
make them remember and talk
about you in remarkable ways
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
20. Drive a series of consistent moves
to keep your brand fresh,
relevant, inspired, and “in your
customer’s face.”
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold
Moves
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When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
22. Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
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Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
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Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
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Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
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Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
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Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
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Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
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Know and Love
Your Purpose
Arm Your Communities
Own Category
Clarity
Drive a Continuous
Stream of Bold Moves
Create Infinite
Remarkable
Experiences
When These Five Work Together Relentless
Relevance Becomes The New Norm
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Not to be outdone by Burger King…
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Scott Davis
Chief Growth Officer
sdavis@prophet.com
@scottdavisshift
@forbes.com/sites/scottdavis/
prophet.com
Hinweis der Redaktion
Starbucks: Multiple experiments with coffee machines, fast expansion / contraction (circa 2007), delivery, Social Issues (Race Together, Ethos water acquisition), Premium (Clover Press Machine & Starbucks Reserve), new products, food, baked goods, machines, cold brew launch (this summer); loyalty program, popular culture (music / apple partnership), and more
Last week, Starbucks launched an effort aimed at getting baristas and customers chatting about race-related issues in the U.S., and by the end of the week, the company pulled the plug on what many consider to have been a watered-down concept. From a cause marketing standpoint, though, the effort wasn’t without merit, experts say.
T-Mobile: Launched a series of moves: No contracts, unlimited (data, voice, text), JUMP – Just Upgrade My Device, Switch Without a Hitch (we’ll buy you out from the handcuffs of your old carrier). Voice over wifi
Disney: Constantly reinventing new properties franchises and experiences and bringing them to life in digital and physical form. 27% profit rise in 2013 due to the strength of releasing the Frozen franchise. Release of Disney’s MagicBand to control your “My Disney Experience” and move across the parks in new ways.
Warby Parker: Created a model selling glasses for $95 a pair, a fraction of the price of other stylish eyewear brands. Buy a pair, give a pair social tie-in has donated more than a million glasses to people in need. Highest NPS in the industry with excellent customer service (Net Promoter Score has consistently been in the high 80s or low 90s since we launched). Has innovated around Guideshops, new ways to deliver a try-on experience (online and through free mail delivery), etc.
Dell: In 2013, computer giant Dell struck a $24.4 billion leverage buyout deal after years of layoffs and declining business. As growth left the PC market with users switching more to tablets and mobile devices and intensity increased in enterprise solutions market with Dell losing share to HP and Lenova, it was not prepared for changing consumer needs. Dell slavisly kept to its success formula of doing no product development, leaving that to vendors Microsoft and Intel, as it focused on hardware manufacturing and supply chain excellence. As the market shifted from the technologies it knew Dell kept trying to cut costs and product prices, hoping that somehow people would be dissuaded from changing technologies.
Every brand must think like a challenger– if Amazon isn’t disintermediating or going after your business, someone else is
Fifty years ago, the life expectancy of a Fortune 500 firm was around 75 years. Today, it’s less than 15 years and declining all the time
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Well I sort of just told you. Relentlessly Relevant brands:
Remember from the starbucks and T Mobile examples versus MCD’s and the Gap—relentlessly beating the relevance drum, staying ahead of the curve and not be afraid of taking some risks
Realize that relevance is no longer a moment in time
Seek to earn loyalty every single day
Constantly think about staying one step ahead of the competition—anyonce competing with Amazon
Recognize complexity is inherent in our world and strive for category clarity leadership—Uber and Nest
Seamlessly live in a digital world--everyone
Realize that their “salesman of the year” is you—TripAdvisor, ZocDoc
Embrace the fact that the most powerful brands are the ones that are co-created with customers
RELENTLESSLY RELEVANT brands are anchored on four critical cornerstones.
Google failed with glass, plus, igoogle but then has made successful ventures in docs, waze, hangouts, cloud, and enterprise solutions.
Capital One conducts tens of thousands of experiments each year to improve the way it acquires customers, maximizes their lifetime value, and even terminates unprofitable ones. In doing so, Capital One has grown from a small division of Signet Bank to an independent company with a market capitalization of $44 billion.
Fiat went from overcoming rep of poor quality and reliability—Millenial trend of simplifying life, emotional buy, distinctively unique—Driving Delight—connecting with customers on an emotional level; Italian driving experience, fun, flirtatious—est meaning behind the brand beyond the 500—crossover; difference between mini and fiat—only can design what is onbrand – mini you can make an ugly car—dealerships are called studios
Amazon:
To start, Amazon was a book seller, but Jeff Bezos looked at it as the first major online retailer – that was it’s purpose
Amazon quickly became famous for it’s cheap and timely shipping, as well as the Kindle, and for putting brick and mortar stores like Borders out of business
Amazon has created legions of followers from it’s excellent customer service, and it’s amazon prime memberships
Amazon allows users to purchase from any device, and stream videos to most devices, they can ship anywhere and are happy to cater to customer needs
Finally, amazon is not stopping, but innovating with new business acquisitions, closer ties to the android marketplace, and new online services
Dove
Dove has become a symbol for respecting personal beauty and the way think about our selves.
The dove symbol stands for more than soap, but also for self esteem and inner beauty (See Video)
Zappos
Amazon is one of our top three companies from the opening list, however that would not be the case if it weren’t for their top notch customer experience that came from their purchase of online shoe retailer, Zappos.
Zappos was a customer service firm first, and a shoe seller second. It just happened that selling shoes and apparel was their business, but their niche was customer service
Dove
Dove has become a symbol for respecting personal beauty and the way think about our selves.
The dove symbol stands for more than soap, but also for self esteem and inner beauty (See Video)
Zappos
Amazon is one of our top three companies from the opening list, however that would not be the case if it weren’t for their top notch customer experience that came from their purchase of online shoe retailer, Zappos.
Zappos was a customer service firm first, and a shoe seller second. It just happened that selling shoes and apparel was their business, but their niche was customer service
Dollar
Getting us to rethink the entire frame of reference and ridiculous price points of shaving
HBO
Continues to define what is possible in terms of content on line, off line and continues to forge conversations through their programming
HD
65k orange aprons; do all of the heavy lifting for the brand; greatest gift they ever got was their own brand to sell HDX was number one Store brand/PL of 2013
USAA
Their respect for their customers is only matched by how well they treat their employees as they are the RTB for veterans and their family—increased line of products and services, total trust—most admired, respected and top global brands in the world
Burberry
From losing money in 2006 and being 90% licensed out to becoming the number one British luxury brand again—middle age men trench coats are hard to find as millennials, through self expression, music, advocacy and fashion shifted their trajectory
Cosmo
$2B empty shell five years ago—distressed asset to the number one revpar on the strip—targeted the curious class—a new segment and created a series of experiences around them to keep win with them –unlike every other hotel in Vegas, their goal was to get new customers to come to Vegas and not steal share from others
Dove
Dove has become a symbol for respecting personal beauty and the way think about our selves.
The dove symbol stands for more than soap, but also for self esteem and inner beauty (See Video)
Zappos
Amazon is one of our top three companies from the opening list, however that would not be the case if it weren’t for their top notch customer experience that came from their purchase of online shoe retailer, Zappos.
Zappos was a customer service firm first, and a shoe seller second. It just happened that selling shoes and apparel was their business, but their niche was customer service
McDonald's Launches the Big Mac Lifestyle Collection for Fans of Beefy, Cheesy Everything Wallpaper, bed sheets, clothes and more
RELENTLESSLY RELEVANT brands are anchored on four critical cornerstones.