Breakthrough: Nine Steps to Double Your Brand Equity in an Uncertain Economy – Part I

In a faltering economy, Brand Trust is the most powerful tool corporations, nonprofit organizations, and even individuals, possess.

To establish a trusted brand means more than to present pretty logos and fancy slogans.

Your brand foundation should be one that is authentic; built on the integrity of your products and services, and recognized for the passion and value you and your organization bestows upon the world.

Follow these nine steps to create the perfect brand pitch. Your brand equity and the opportunity to monetize your brand reach will double within the next twelve months.

We bet our brand on it!

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Building a Strong Brand in a Weak Economy

Let’s get the bad news over with: To say that the U.S. economy is facing the most challenging economic time since the Great Depression is not an overstatement. Last week, employers shed almost 600,000 jobs. Today, 11.6 million Americans are out of work. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate has officially risen to 7.6%.

“This is the largest 13-month job loss since the payroll employment series began in 1939,” Christina Romer, the head of President Obama’s White House Council of Economic Advisers, said in a statement on February 6, 2009. “These numbers, and the very real suffering of American workers they represent, reinforce the need for bold fiscal action. If we fail to act, we are likely to lose millions more jobs and the unemployment rate could reach double digits.”

So, what’s the good news, you say? Given these data, how do business, political, and nonprofit leaders reignite confidence in their ability to lead? How do they exemplify brand integrity, and any good will their organization may have? Is such a thing even possible, given current levels of consumer confidence and general economic malaise?

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