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Bruce Temkin: “Brands are Dying”

by peterme

Yesterday, on stage at MX 2009, Bruce Temkin, customer experience analyst from Forrester stated, “Brands are dying.” It’s a provocative statement that he didn’t elucidate at the time. Luckily, BusinessWeek’s intrepid reporter, Helen Walters, flagged him down for a quick interview to get him to talk more about it. Watch it here:


Bruce Temkin, Forrester, MX 2009 from Helen Walters on Vimeo.

2 Responses to “Bruce Temkin: “Brands are Dying””

  1. Sandra Maki Says:

    So true. Thank you for sharing. I think that we are all becoming more aware that it is the people that influence the buying decisions, and not the brand names. Well said!

  2. Daniel Szuc Says:

    Yes!

    People are waking up to “brands” and the promises they make.

    Some brands assume the person interacting with them are stupid or they simply don’t care about the person at the other end (for a whole host of reasons).

    The brands that show respect for the people using them and treat them as “human” will do better.

    Also the right choice of approach, in the right channel also makes a big difference. Not just jumping on an approach because its cool and everyone else is doing it e.g. blog, twitter feed etc (brands have to ask what makes sense and how will it help me connect better with people using the brand)


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