Spring 2009  
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Introducing Civil Branding
The Civil Branding blog
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Building a better society through brands
We are dedicating this newsletter to the launch of Civil Branding: an effort to use brands for positive social influence and brand difference. We believe that brands can and should use their considerable psychological influence to engender a more civil society. Creating progressive social meaning through brands is a mission we are passionate about, in fact, it is our company mission here at Brandinstinct.

Furthermore, creating social meaning with the primary message of the brand makes a lot of sense for helping marketers to attract increasingly scarce customer attention and go beyond CSR efforts. We think more brand marketers should be plotting a course towards responsible management of the specific messages brands promote to society. Civil Branding is our answer to this need.

A new paper, written by Aaron Shields, provides a framework for Civil Branding thinking, outlines a technique for introducing social parameters to brand narratives and makes the case for value-creation in this process.

+ Download the full paper (PDF)

 
   
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An online space for Civil Branding

We've recently set up a new blog on civilbranding.com, where we hope to create a space for debate. Bringing together short topical articles, this blog presents the emerging heroes of Civil Branding and aims to map the changing landscape of brands' social behaviour.

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Get involved
We hope you find the concept of Civil Branding as important and exciting as we do. We’re looking to extend this debate to as many people as possible. Here are some ways you could get involved:

Write a post for the blog. Commenting about Civil Branding and good practice in promoting civilising messages to society.
Share your experience by getting interviewed. We plan a series of online video interviews with top marketers from the world’s leading brands.
Sponsor an event. This autumn, we will be hosting forums on Civil Branding in conjunction with universities, offering various sponsorship opportunities.
Participate in a round-table. We will begin hosting a series of regular round-tables to bring together thinking on important Civil Branding topics.

+ Click here for more information

 
   
Fun & frivolity  
Stuff we like   Take five
 
IKEA & Innocent's truth
Saving the world in underwear
Dreaming with Honda and Amex
The lighter side of the crisis
The pitfalls of activism
     

Behind the scenes of The
Co-operative 'Good for Everyone'
TV commercial.

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