Lady Gaga As a Brand

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Wersja z dnia 22:00, 9 lip 2012

Let's face it, people today either appreciate Lady Gaga or they can not stand her. I'm almost certainly somewhere inside the middle nevertheless lately I've been struck by what this 25 year-old has achieved in terms of branding.

What makes a good brand? There are actually as lots of opinions about this as there are actually grains of sand on the beach, but a handful of points normally rise for the top rated. A brand is consistent in what it produces and in its messaging, it tends to make you feel excellent in some way, promotes loyalty, makes you'd like to buy its products/services by producing an emotional link, listens to feedback and changes with all the times.

So how does Gaga stand up as a brand? Let's appear at a number of regions where all brands live every day:

Emotional Link: If there is one particular point you could say about Gaga, she creates an emotional link and it tends to either be die-hard loyalty or complete revulsion. There is not substantially in between. At this point loyalty is far ahead of revulsion as she storms the planet with concerts, music videos, guest appearances along with a new CD released late last month. "Born This Way" debuted atop Billboard's Best 200, sold over 1 million copies in its first week and tops the charts in ten other nations. Her concerts sell out (210 of them about the planet on her present " Monster Ball Tour ") and are said to have grossed over $150 million so far. Do you feel she's developed an emotional link with her brand?

Engaging with Customers/Fans: Lady Gaga has 37 million Facebook fans, close to 11 million Twitter followers and the majority of her videos on YouTube have 50 million plus hits. She engages with fans on social media and has even fondly named them her " little monsters ." She consistently thanks her fans for their assistance and keeps them up-to-date on upcoming appearances, events and concerts. She knows the way to retain her tiny monsters coming back for much more as a current tweet from a fan shows, "I appreciate you so much Gaga, you make me so totally free!! Thank you so a great deal, I'll appreciate you forever."

Controversy: That is her middle name, or it should really be. From her outrageous outfits to her suggestive song lyrics and music videos Gaga keeps individuals speaking, great and negative. She arrived in the Grammy awards inside an egg-shaped pod this year (she's won 5 currently in her brief career), she offended mental well being specialists by referring to her critics as retarded and inflames Catholics and Christians alike with songs like "Judas" and dressing like a nun (she grew up Roman Catholic). Controversy is often good for any brand, but an excessive amount of may also ruin it so it'll be intriguing to see if she can tread that fine line.

Philanthropy: The very best brands give back and this really is an place where Gaga puts her cash exactly where her mouth is. She donated more than $500,000 to rebuilding efforts in Haiti soon after the devastating earthquakes there final year, has been selling a bracelet she developed to help Japan after their tragedy ($250,000 donated so far), she supports HIV/AIDS education and awareness and various other organizations about which she is passionate. Brands that only take at some point go away and Gaga has shown herself so far to be a brand that is certainly willing to offer back.

Continual Improvement: Gaga started playing piano at age 4 and had written a ballet by the age of 13. She has an astounding voice, writes significantly of her own music and creates quite a few from the outrageous costumes she wears. The bottom line is that despite all else, she is talented and continually operating to improve herself, which can be her brand. I can not picture her carrying out the factors she does now in 30 years so a massive part of her continued achievement will be no matter if she can morph and evolve together with the times and with her age. Great brands do just that if they need to be around in 30 years.

No matter if you really like her or hate her, she has made some thing remarkable in a extremely brief quantity of time. Can your brand, individual or otherwise, say the same thing?

A quote from Gaga sums it all up that brands each huge and small will be wise to heed, "You need to be unique, and distinct, and shine inside your own way."

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