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Todd E Jones's avatar

Compounding interest will definitely be one of the best analogies for brand marketing. No doubt, businesses, startups, have defaulted to something they can track and measure which means end of funnel touch points. Sales and paid digital media are the activities of choice. Now, trust has eroded, people take longer to purchase, and.... paid digital media costs so much more!

I guess, once the ads stop working, or slow down, they start adding brand interest to the bank.

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Kira Klaas's avatar

Exactly... you don't wait until you retire to start a retirement fund, but that's exactly what those startups are doing. Waiting until they're in dire need of a last-minute loan or competing on super high rates while their audience couldn't care less!

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Kevin Branscum's avatar

damn this is good Kira

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Kira Klaas's avatar

I worked hard on it! 🥲 Thank you, Kevin!

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Dejaih Smith's avatar

Loved the brand credit score bit!!! So key for how we shape in the minds of our consumers

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Kira Klaas's avatar

Yes!! It just makes sense! 💳 🧮

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Amrita Gurney's avatar

This was really well articulated, agree with the compound interest analogy.

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Kira Klaas's avatar

Thank you, Amrita—appreciate you reading this!

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Asmae Ouahmid's avatar

Loved this, thank you!

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Kira Klaas's avatar

Thank YOU for saying so, Asmae!

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Ash Stapleton's avatar

Love that analogy

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Jackson Danforth's avatar

Interesting. I agree with you that brand investment is important (at least for certain companies). However, how do you draw the line? At what point does profitable brand investment become too much brand investment?

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Andy Abend's avatar

I really like the idea of brand credit score. And the financial nature of your article has me thinking of another financial analogy that feels very relevant - dollar cost averaging. The idea being investing in your brand is more effective with smaller, consistent touches versus one big investment and then nothing.

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Kira Klaas's avatar

100%, that's spot on!! Companies (like people) will still make an occasional big deposit when they can afford it, but smaller, regular investments are always going to be better than nothing.

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