When do you think that the notion of advertising campaigns addressing all brand issues changed to branding campaigns? I don't know. The concept of brand is an asset is what will change in and it's still not 100%. If you're going to run a social program, whether it's internal program like Help a Child Reads Five for Life Boy or an external program like Thriveant uses Habitat for Humanity, either way, that social program has got to have a strong brand. They know those things well thought a brand. You need to scale it really fast these days and you need to build barriers. All those cannot be done outside branding.
Hailed the “Father of Modern Branding,” David Aaker has received numerous awards for his contributions to the science of marketing and authored some of the most influential books in business. He joins to talk about his new book, “The Future of Purpose-Driven Branding,” and his legendary career.