CHAPTER LIST

THE THEORIES OF SOCIAL BRANDING®

Chapter 1 Prepare Yourself
Challenge the Foundation of Prevention
The Social Branding® Concept
The Feeling
The Identity of Messages

Chapter 2 Who They Are
The Identity of Tweens, Teens, and Young Adults
Role Identity
Role State Goal
Role Image
Significant Others
Behavior and Attitude
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Chapter 3 Social Branding®
Desire Driven Behavior Change
Commercial Branding
Manufactured Desire
Utility and Identity
Brands as Significant Others
Experiences
Social Branding®
Social Branding® is Not Easy

Chapter 4 The Science of Cool
The Human-Like Brand as a Significant Other
The Brand as Human
The Human-Like Relationship
The Agent of Influence
The Characteristics of the Agent of Influence
The Cool Brand Ambassador
A Cool Brand, Naturally

Chapter 5 Advertising vs. Branding
When the Most Expensive Option is Not Always the Right Option
The Promise
The Secondary Experience of Advertising
The Direct Experience
The Social Marketing Half-Truth
The Branding Difference

THE APPLICATION OF SOCIAL BRANDING®

Chapter 6 Introduction to Application
How and When to Utilize Social Branding®
Applying the Strategy
Keep Your Promise

Chapter 7 Brand Development
Researching and Developing a Social Brand
When To Use Social Branding®
The Qualitative Strategy
Defining Your Population
Identity Research
Brand Development
Evaluation

Chapter 8 Influencer Marketing
The Secondary Experiences of Social Branding®
Traditional Secondary Experiences
Alternative Medias
Brand Ambassadors
Recruiting and Training Brand Ambassadors
The Tools of Secondary Experiences
Brand Ambassador Strategy 1: Cool-Tagging
Brand Ambassador Strategy 2: Event Promotions
Secondary Experiences ≠ Secondary Priorities

Chapter 9 Virtual Influence
The Use of Online Communities
The Power of Virtual Influence
Secondary Experiences Online
How MySpace Works
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Direct Experiences Online

Chapter 10 Experiential Marketing
The Direct Experiences of Social Branding®
The Direct Experience
The Commercial Practice of Experiential Marketing
Building an Experiential Marketing Strategy
Experiential Mapping and Planning a Controlled Direct Experience
Experiential Sample 1: The Branded Party
Experiential Sample 2: The Branded Competitions
I Am—This Type—So I Do

Chapter 11 Short and Sweet Lessons
Comments and Responses From the Real World

Chapter 12 The Future of Social Branding®
Discussing a Promising Future
Actively Sustainable
More Evidence
Purely Possible

References

Glossary