Stacking Growth | The B2B Marketing Podcast

Integrating Brand and Performance Marketing

Jul 3, 2025
Dale Harrison, an expert in brand and performance marketing, discusses how these two strategies can work harmoniously. He emphasizes the need for brand ads to create durable memory associations for the 95% of consumers not actively in the market. Dale warns against cognitive overload in performance ads—single, clear calls to action are key. He also shares insights on the pitfalls of generic offers and how rebranding can erase existing memories, highlighting the invaluable role of consistent brand assets.
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INSIGHT

Brand & Performance Integration

  • Brand and performance marketing must work tightly together, not separately.
  • Brand ads build durable memory in future buyers; performance ads trigger immediate actions in current buyers.
INSIGHT

Performance Ads Have Short Impact

  • Performance ads have a short shelf life and mainly affect buyers in-market within one sales cycle.
  • These ads rarely create long-term brand memory due to task completion memory dumps.
ADVICE

Single Clear Call To Action

  • Use a single, clear declarative call to action in performance ads.
  • Multiple calls to action cut response rates drastically due to cognitive overload.
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