User Generated Branding Integrating User Generated Content into Brand Management

What is the value of user generated content in branding? Do social media activities such as brand communities and blogs rather harm or strengthen the brand? Ulrike Arnhold investigates these burning questions, introducing the concept of user generated branding. From a brand management perspective sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arnhold, Ulrike
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Gabler Verlag 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Innovatives Markenmanagement
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:What is the value of user generated content in branding? Do social media activities such as brand communities and blogs rather harm or strengthen the brand? Ulrike Arnhold investigates these burning questions, introducing the concept of user generated branding. From a brand management perspective she analyses the impact of interactive marketing programmes in Web 2.0, evaluating user generated content as a tool of the brand communication mix. Her book provides not only a comprehensive empiric analysis but also managerial implications. Thus, this pioneer study will help both scholars and practitioners to gain a thorough understanding of the roots, strategies and applications of user generated content in branding
Physical Description:XXVIII, 451 p. 71 illus online resource
ISBN:9783834988577