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Brand Relevance: Making Competitors Irrelevant - always yours

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314 BRAND RELEVANCE<br />

diffi cult to attract new customers, particularly if the brand is<br />

already well known. Denny ’ s addressed that problem by giving<br />

away more than two million Grand Slam Breakfasts in one day<br />

with the help of a Super Bowl commercial and online buzz. Free<br />

breakfasts broke through.<br />

<strong>Brand</strong>ed Energizer<br />

Another approach, very different from trying to make the brand<br />

or business interesting or involving, is to fi nd a branded energizer.<br />

A branded energizer is a branded product, promotion, sponsorship,<br />

symbol, program, or other entity that by association signifi -<br />

cantly enhances and energizes a target brand. The idea is to fi nd<br />

something with energy, attach the brand to it, and then actively<br />

manage both the branded energizer and its association with the<br />

target brand over an extended time period.<br />

A branded energizer, as the defi nition and Figure 10.3 suggests,<br />

can come from a wide variety of branded entities, some<br />

could be sourced outside the fi rm, but needs to have energy.<br />

It should be interesting, youthful, dynamic, contemporary, assertive,<br />

and involving.<br />

The branded energizer also needs to be connected to the target<br />

brand. This connection task can be difficult and expensive.<br />

Figure 10.3 <strong>Brand</strong>ed Energizers<br />

Product<br />

Promotion<br />

Sponsorships<br />

Symbol<br />

Program<br />

CEOs<br />

Uses<br />

Lifestyle . . .<br />

Etc.<br />

<strong>Brand</strong>ed<br />

Energizer<br />

• Energy<br />

• Personality<br />

• Associations<br />

Master <strong>Brand</strong>/<br />

Subbrand

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