NAILBA Perspectives Winter 2019 | Page 8

COVER STORY Branding marketing: AND What they mean to your business Too often today, marketers throw around the words “branding” and “marketing” as if they’re interchangeable. They’re not. That widespread confused thinking is bad enough, but to make matters worse, too often branding in our business is ignored completely or else just kind of taken for granted. When that happens, the business suffers. To help clarify what branding is all about and to help better integrate marketing strategies into your business, I sought out the insight of three very different kinds of marketing experts, inviting the following top-notch insurance marketers to weigh in. 8 Perspectives Q4 2019