Integrated Branding Fall 2022

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Branding drives how global networks define your value, image, and persona. Corporate leaders have traditionally spearheaded branding initiatives; however, marketing has transformed into a dynamic, powerful champion of branding strategy and execution.

CMA’s Integrated Branding is a 10-week online course designed for marketing professionals who are eager to uncover C-suite motivations behind brand value and delivery. Our students are emerging brand leaders and keen learners, enthusiastic to discover how the proactive management of customer interactions, communications, and product/service delivery enhances brands today.

This course is a blend of strategic theory and tactical guidelines, providing the foundational elements of branding. We also examine relevant, timely examples of branding in practice. These knowledge and skills allow students to explore how to develop a brand from scratch, how to manage a re-branding project, as well as how to execute day-to-day communications and successful marketing campaigns.

At the end of participating in this course, you should be able to:

Understand and develop a Corporate Strategy
Hone your Brand Strategy to enhance the Corporate Strategy
Define your target customers and improve their Brand experience
Identify the fundamental steps to develop a new Brand and/or enhance an existing Brand
Design and implement tactical integrated Branding programs that will grow the value of your organization’s Brand and business
Create impactful marketing communications that align with Brand strategy
Craft successful internal Branding communication programs
Measure Brand value and manage a Brand crisis

Features:

Interaction with a branding expert
Latest technologies
Recorded videos with synchronized PowerPoint presentations
Discussion boards and forums for group collaboration
Technical Support

Benefits:

Anywhere and anytime access
Flexible to suit your schedule
No travel time
Interactive learning experience
Online Certificate in Integrated Branding awarded upon successful completion of all course requirements

Course Requirements:
CMA’s certificate program courses are designed to build on the skills and knowledge of marketing practitioners. Individuals must have at least three years of experience in a marketing-related role to take this course. The instructor will assume that students have a solid understanding of the principles of marketing. All coursework must be completed in the required timeframe. Coursework includes 4 individual assignments, discussion questions and a final assignment. Students must achieve a final overall mark of 60% in order to qualify for a certificate pass.

Note: This course will count towards the prerequisite requirements necessary to enroll in the Chartered Marketer Program

Workload:
This course is demanding, but very rewarding. Each session is comprised of a video-based multimedia presentation and a discussion question or assignment. On average we recommend that you will need at least 2-4 hours each week to view the session and complete coursework. You will be required to complete 4 individual assignments. Students will be given one week to complete the final assignment.

Internet Requirements:
You will require a minimum upload bandwidth of 5mbps to stream our course videos, which are 1080p. Please ensure you have access to high-speed internet for the duration of the course

CMA’s Integrated Branding Certificate course consists of instructor recorded videos, synchronized PowerPoint presentations, integrated discussion boards and forums for group collaboration. Throughout the 10-week course students will be required to complete and submit a discussion post or assignment each week. This course also includes four live interactive webinars, during which students have the opportunity to engage with fellow students and to ask direct questions to the instructor.

The following is a general outline of the course content.

Session 1 - Overview of Integrated Branding

What is Integrated Branding
Why do we need Integrated Branding
Defining Business Scope for business success and economic value
Identifying when to change Business Scope

Session 2 - Corporate Strategy

Understanding Brand Strategy and Brand Execution Foundational Structure
Corporate Strategy Fundamentals (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Values and Promise)
Corporate Strategy brought to life
How to navigate ahead of your competitors’ Corporate Strategy
Assessing the strength of your Corporate Strategy

Session 3 - Brand Strategy

Brand Strategy Fundamentals (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Values and Promise)
Brand Strategy in practice
Where do you fit in the Brand Architecture spectrum

Session 4 - Brand Essence

What is brand essence and why is it important for your brand
Devising a positioning statement
Discovering your personality, tone & manner
Applying brand essence to marketing communications

Session 5 - Customer Targeting and Customer Experience

Defining your target audience
Aligning your brand to your target audience
Mapping the customer experience
Managing the moments of truth

Session 6 - Developing a Brand

What are the primary elements of brand identity
Producing a brand identity brief
Generating ideas for brand names
Decision criteria and process for brand name decision
Creative options for brands, logos and icons
Constructing a tag line
Executing with consistency

Session 7 - Executing Brand Communications

Formulating key messages and benefit statements
Building brand guidelines
Marketing’s role in building brand
Planning the brand investment
Choosing the right media for the right task

Session 8 - Internal Branding

Why the need for internal branding
What drives internal brand strategy and how do we track success
Internal branding in practice
What are the challenges facing internal branding initiatives

Session 9 - Measuring Brand Value

Why brand measurement is essential from all perspectives
How can you measure and define brand value/equity
Which types of metrics can you use to measure brand
Customized and current examples of brand measurement

Session 10 - Managing the Brand

How to monitor and manage a brand’s effectiveness
What to do when your brand is facing crisis
Course summary and conclusions

Final Assignment

Wendy Boyd, CM

Wendy is a firm believer that, “if you’re not constantly learning, you’re falling behind” so she is happy to be an eternal student and teacher of marketing.

Wendy has enjoyed success on both client and agency side from large blue chip to small start-up companies, consumer and B2B – across a wide variety of brands including Bell Mobility, General Mills, American Express, InfoWorks, Scotiabank, Canadian Tire, United Way, Toyota, Honda, Moneris and GE Money. Currently Wendy is President of AM360, a marketing consulting company.

She’s dedicated her career to expanding her knowledge in a variety of marketing disciplines, always looking to blend the analytic and creative sides of marketing. She’s passed on her knowledge by authoring four CMA Certificate courses, including Advertising and Media, Marketing Math, Advanced Marketing and Integrated Branding. She has also been an active member of CMA’s Education Committee for over 10 years.

Experience has taught Wendy that marketing is part art, part science so she teaches how to be well-rounded in both aspects – with skills for enhancing both creative solutions and ROI.

"As a direct marketing professional, branding is not my specialty, but every marketing effort I am responsible must both get direct, measurable results and communicate a consistent message that builds long-term brand equity. Thanks to this course, I now know how to build a brand from the ground up and create a cohesive branding strategy with internal communications that win over employees inside the firm and external IMC initiatives that resonate with clients in our market."
- David Kynan

“The Integrated Branding course gave me the knowledge and skills necessary to develop the strategic framework for any brand, product or service.”
- Joanna Persaud

“The course content was excellent and the instructor was very informative. I have already begun to use the course information in my day to day and look forward to taking more.”
- Jennifer Cunningham

"An excellent course and gave me a new perspective on business strategy and how the notion of 'brand' extends far beyond the marketing domain - and more importantly, how to develop and manage it effectively. Essential education for anyone who believes that 'brand' and 'logo' are synonymous. Your eyes will be opened!"
- Simon Hancock

"I learned a lot about branding and going through the final assignment was a great exercise that pulled all the material together and made it real. Good material and instructor - enjoyed the course."
- Rob Young

To cancel, a learner will select ‘credit request’ in MyBillings and select ‘refund’.
Cancellations made greater than 14 calendar days prior to the course start date will not be penalized. A refund will be issued in full.
Cancellations made with 14 or fewer calendar days prior to the course start date will be processed with a 50% administration fee deducted.
No refunds past course start date.
Refunds will be issued to the source of payment

In the Event of Program Cancellation

We cannot always secure the minimum number of required participants to run each session. Program fees will be either credited or fully refunded in the event of a course cancellation at the discretion of the learner.
We take great pride in our programs and will do the utmost to make your experience with us both valuable and enjoyable. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or concerns.