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Brand Marketing ~IS~ Performance Marketing

Trying to get the most from your brand and performance marketing? Here are 3 simple ways to achieve both immediate and sustainable growth through best practices in measurement and integration.

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Branding in an Omnichannel Marketing World

Every day consumers interact with hundreds of media channels. So how is your one brand supposed to break through? Here are 5 tips to even the odds.

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2021 CPG Greatest Hits

Dan Collins shares five “Little Big Ideas” that delivered sky high ROI for CPG clients in 2021.

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GKV Challenger Brand Minute: Customer Journey Mapping

Chief Strategy Officer, Dan Collins reveals how Customer Journey Mapping can help you deliver the exact right message at the exact right moment.

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Post-COVID Customer Journey Updates

COVID changed the way customers shop, eat and work. Now is the time to rethink your brand offerings and take advantage of this new customer journey.

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Critical brand updates for the post-2020 world

A lot changed in 2020 that impacted how people perceive brands. Here are some tips to make sure your brand resonates.

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    Author

    Dan Collins

    SVP, Chief Strategy Officer

    Dan, who joined GKV in 2003, leads strategic planning and research for our clients, whether their goals are a more compelling brand promise and brand aligned culture, or creative that builds sales AND an emotional connection. Dan’s a frequent contributor to advertising industry publications, sharing lessons from the agency’s experience driving rapid, cost efficient growth for our challenger brand clients.

    He has more than 20 years of consumer marketing, strategic planning and advertising experience across a range of categories, including: travel and tourism; financial services; health and personal care; food; technology; and communications. His career has included experience on three continents: North America, Asia and Europe. From his years at Procter & Gamble, Maybelline, Kellogg’s and Shell International, Dan has built a reputation for quickly learning a new business and bringing strategic insight that fuels rapid growth.

    As a partner at the agency, he has led the following GKV client brands: Chock full o’nuts, Hills Bros and Kauai Coffee Brands; McCormick; PANDORA Jewelry; Bridgestone Golf; Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzels; Cape Cod Potato Chips; Back to Nature Foods; Snackwells.

    He earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Lafayette College and his master’s degree in Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.