Case Study: Accidental Branding: How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands

 

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Client: David Vinjamuri

PTA conducted a full boutique campaign for first-time author David Vinjamuri on a book focusing on the branding success of 8 celebrity entrepreneurs, including Roxanne Quimby (Burt’s Bees), Gary Erickson (Clif Bar), Craig Newmark (Craigslist.org), Julie Aigner-Clark (Baby Einstein), John Peterman (J. Peterman & Company), etc. It included a national print and broadcast campaign, blog campaign, San Francisco media tour, setting up speaking engagements, and a business radio tour.

Results:
This campaign gained early momentum with positive reviews in BusinessWeek Small Business and Publisher’s Weekly, and on Entrepreneur.com and MSNBC.com. Reviews in 1to1 Magazine, Advertising Age, BrandWeek, Investors Business Daily and Reuters hit around the publication date, as well as mentions in The New York Times, and on BrandChannel.com.

The book also saw over 60 reviews and mentions on top-rated business, marketing, advertising and branding blogs in the months surrounding the publication date. In addition, PTA set up 6 appearances on Fox Business Network for David, national and local radio interviews including The Advertising Show and The Small Business Advocate, several speaking engagements, and arranged a media tour of San Francisco that included an appearance on KGO-TV, and a mention in The San Francisco Examiner. PTA helped David obtain the position of Fox Business Network’s branding expert and a contributing columnist role with BrandWeek.

Media Highlights:

1 to 2 Magazine Review/Recommendation

Advertising Age Byline

Advertsing Show (National Radio) Interview

Bookworm Sez (Synd. Column) Review

Brand New Blog Review

BrandChannel.com Mention/Expert Source

BrandCurve Blog Review

BrandWeek Review/Excerpt

BusinessWeek SmallBiz Expert source

BusinessWeek SmallBiz Review

ColoradoBiz.com Review

CRM Magazine Review/Q&A

Entrepreneur.com Review

Forbes.com

Fox Business Network

Greg Verdino's Marketing Blog Review

Investor's Business Daily Reviews

Modern Marketing Review

MSNBC.com Feature

Network Marketing Biz Journal Review

New York Times Sunday Biz Mention

Personal Branding Blog Review

Publishers Weekly Review

Reuters Review

San Francisco Examiner Mention

Small Biz Advocate (National Radio) Interview

Soundview Exec. Book Summaries Review

 

 

 

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