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The Five New Rules of branding

According to Droga5’s chief design officer, being everywhere is not enough. Brands have to embrace ambiguity.

For those brands that measure outcomes, how does something like embracing ambiguity make any sense?

The way is to understand how exceptional creativity - a necessary ingredient for any company that accepts uncertainty - can help brands better connect to audiences. This year’s SXSW (South by South West) offered a taste of just how powerful that experimental advertising can be–and underscored five key tenets of branding in the 21st century.

The five rules are: interact with your audience or die, diversity and inclusion are business imperatives, creative curation is a must, mixed reality is ready for its close-up and long live the special projects road map.

It is the human experience that matters most. Click through and read on.

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