The Visionary Brand: The Success Formula Behind the World's Most Visionary Brands
About this ebook
In my new book, The Visionary Brand, I explore how brands become Visionary, and how they sustain this success for generations. Through both my direct experience with these brands, along with extensive research, I have been able to define the formula for realizing Visionary status.
Although I have found no "one" brand is truly the ultimate Visionary, many are close, and you discover why these great brands are missing one or many ingredients to becoming truly Visionary.
What makes a brand truly Visionary?
Product,
Innovation,
Culture,
Marketing?
It is a harmonious blending of product, marketing, and passionate culture. Along with a visionary who establishes and commits themselves and the brand to ageless foundational principles.
What formula has sustained iconic brands such as; Apple, Nike, Adidas, and allowed them to maintain their vision and brand ETHOS for generations?
How does one brand lose its premium status, while others thrive from generation to generation?
The Visionary Brand explores the core of these generational companies, and how they have evolved to become visionaries. This definitive guide to preserving authentic success through identifying, protecting, and nurturing the brand's core foundational principles will be a timeless leadership resource. Both professionally and personally, serving a purpose from start-up through established category leaders.
Most brands at some point lose sight of their vision or have not established their brand core ETHOS. The Visionary Brand will revitalize those who are not yet evangelizing their brand's values and principles, along with guiding those who have yet to define their foundation.
To succeed, you must understand who you are, what value you are providing, where you are positioning, and how to engage with your loyal community and brand team. From aspirational, real-life scenarios, to inspirational guidance, The Visionary Brand will provide ongoing support to successfully drive your brand forward.
The Visionary Brand outlines the independent elements to emulating and successfully executing this foundational strategy.
* Define your vision and build a Foundational Principles platform.
* Stick to your vision while capturing global market share from your competitors.
* Create a continuous Pipeline of Innovation.
* Establish a Culture of Passionate followers.
* Engage, and build Loyalty.
* Embrace the changing tide of the new age adoption curve.
* Be an Artist, be yourself, and instill the courage to accomplish your Vision.
There may be Visionary brands, but no one company exists as The Visionary Brand, while some have most, none have all.
I sincerely hope you enjoy the book and find its content useful in your Journey to becoming Visionary!
Sincerely,
Bryan Smeltzer, Author, The Visionary Brand
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About the author
The Visionary Brand, The Success Formula Behind the World's Most Visionary Brands
Bryan Smeltzer is a successful consumer products business executive and entrepreneur. He has held executive-level roles in business development, product, and marketing with some of the world's most prestigious brands, including; Oakley, TaylorMade, Adidas, K-Swiss, Schutt Sports, among other international brands. He also founded a men's apparel brand, successfully running a profitable business for ten years, eventually selling to a VC firm.
Mr. Smeltzer hosts a Podcast called The Visionary Chronicles, and recently finished his first book, The Visionary Brand, The Success Formula Behind the World's Most Visionary Brands, due for release in February.
He is also a member of the Board of Advisors at UCI's BCIE along with their New Venture Program, an Innovation Advisor at the UCI's Applied Innovation program at the Cove, a Mentor/Advisor to UCLA's Price Center Venture Accelerator Program, and a Mentor/Advisor at the San Diego Sports Innovators Accelerator (SDSI) center.
Mr. Smeltzer currently oversees LiquidMind Inc., a global brand strategy firm that partners with both start-ups and established, mid to large-cap consumer brands to empower their businesses to think different, be different, drive a passionate culture, and execute relentlessly.
