Edelman study claims brands fail to create meaningful relationships with consumers
Brands are struggling to develop “mutually beneficial relationships” with consumers, an Edelman study claims, with a majority of consumers saying brands fail to connect with them.
According to the brandshare study, run by PR agency Edelman, reports eight out of ten respondents considered their relationships to brands to be one-sided of limited value, while a majority of consumers, according to the study, believe the only reason brands share with them is a desire to increase profits.
Edelman global chair of consumer marketing Michelle Hutton said: “Consumers are sharing content and information about themselves, making purchases and recommending brands, but don’t feel they are getting much in return. Consumer expectations have become much higher for brands and people expect to get more out of these relationships than they’re currently receiving.”
The study also claims that the Australian disparity was greater than the global average, with 66 per cent of global respondents claiming brand relationships were one-sided compared to 79 per cent of local respondents.
Most consumers couldn’t give a flying fuck about 99% of brands. They don’t want to engage, they don’t want a conversation. Unless you are a sexy brand like apple or nike and have spent a lot in traditional media building your brand you are pissing money up against the wall. This article sums it up quite nicely.
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Wow. This is news
“the only reason brands share with them is a desire to increase profits” – do we really need a survey to tell us this?
what evidence is there to the contrary, other than in the NFP world?
The primary focus of business has become money – and even startups which are born out of passion reach a point in their scale where passion ceases to be the reason they come together.
“Oooh, let’s do some thought leadership so that people think we’re leaders in the field of branding and advertising”. What a bunch of useless motherhood statements
More spin from wannabes…what a load of crap.
Another piece of industry research with the answer it wanted hardwired into it before it began. This isn’t helping any one, or any business understand anything. It’s only fuelling hype around a particular style of communication.