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So, is this the end of branding? What should marketers and retailers do if shoppers are forever transformed into system beaters? Here are 6 tips for brands to build loyalty in this new marketing environment.

A gift of food for thought to thank you for a great year of learning and accomplishment for Rubinson Partners and I wanted to thank my clients, academic sponsors at NYU, network of resources and thought partners such as Judah Phillips web analytics guru at Monster, Erwin Ephron, Dave Lundahl founder at InsightsNow, Pat Hanlon (author of Primal Branding), and Frank Cotignola at Kraft.

Media is no longer a force exerted against a passive audience. In a digital age, brand communication lives in an action environment and its purpose should be to amplify and shape consumer activities along the digital path to purchase.

Billions of smart mobile devices by 2015 will create the mobile app-enabled lifestyle, and marketers will vertically integrate consumer relationships with their brand from home to store.

In marketing, Procter talks of first moment of truth. Google offers zero moment of truth. Something is missing because that comes before search. the minus one moment…

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