We assist franchisors in the development and implementation of branding campaigns that build brand equity, loyalty, and revenue growth.
 
Greenbaum Marketing Communications’ creativity lies in watching trends and finding brand strategies that parallel your business plan. This foundation acts as the launching board for great design and innovation as we rack our creative brains to develop new brands for our clients. Building a strong brand takes commitment. You'll find that once your brand is in place, it takes on a life of its own. This phenomena occurs as your clients and employees interact (and interpret) your brand. This is important. It is your brand's culture.

Every brand that is a personal favorite of yours can likely be attributed to an emotional connection you have with said brand. The first thing that comes to mind is not usually "product specifications" or the like, but rather how you feel about the brand and how it enhances your life. This emotional connection, the fact that a connection does or does not exist, and whether that connection is a positive one or a negative one, affects your purchase decisions. These factors influence whether you will buy one brand versus another and how much you will pay for one brand versus another. Branding clearly affects profits. But how exactly does it do this? Brand identity affects your profitability in three key ways:

Differentiation
A strong brand identity can provide a clear and defined reason for a customer to do business with you. Differentiation means that your brand can appeal to your prospects' specific needs and wants and will be recognized and remembered when it's time to make a purchase decision.

Perception
A strong brand identity affects perceptions. The perception a consumer has of your company and the quality of your product will determine whether or not they will buy from you, and how much they are willing to pay. Moreover, companies with strong brand recognition are more valuable than non-branded companies to investors, partners and top-talent job-seekers.

Loyalty
A strong brand identity generates a recurring stream of profit via repeat and referral sales, significantly reducing cost-of-sales.


Greenbaum Marketing Communications helps organizations increase awareness and profits by managing their brand identities. We are at our best working with visionary individuals and ambitious companies that understand that effective branding is critical to their success. Our brand strategies are always "top of mind" as we work with clients to develop print collateral, online communications and packaging - components that aid businesses in developing better leads, introducing new products, breaking into new markets and improving market perceptions.

 
 
 
 

 

In The News
11/06/2008
SUCCESSFUL 30-YEAR FRANCHISE ENLISTS GREENBAUM MARKETING FOR COMPANY-WIDE RE-BRANDING PROJECT

After Detecting Nearly 5 Million Leaks in 30 Years, American Leak Detection is Ready for a New Look and Further Expansion... read more

11/06/2008
GREENBAUM MARKETING LAUNCHES STATE-OF-THE-ART WEBSITE FOR KEYLIME COVE INDOOR WATERPARK, RESORT & SPA

KeyLime Cove Indoor Water Park Reaps Benefits of Website Facelift and Visibly Increased Online Presence ... read more

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Welcome to The Basement at Greenbaum Marketing Communications. We’ve converted our basement into a place where you’ll find our conversation more relaxed and straightforward. Down here, we talk about all kinds of topics, share our thoughts, explore wild ideas, brainstorm and approach marketing strategy and creativity from a recreational perspective.
Off to the West Coast Franchise Expo
November 6, 2008, 3:11 am
Submitted By: Martin Greenbaum

Tomorrow the Greenbaum Marketing Communications team will be headed off to downtown Los Angeles to attend the West Coast Franchise Expo for a couple days of fun and adventure. Coming by land and by air, because some people are afraid to fly (Karey Crowl), we will be showing up in force at the event. I love the event because it's a great time to see my friends in the industry and hang out. Of course the social aspects are not the primary reason for attending, it is to learn what people are doing in the industry and find out how they are positioning their companies. The recent election of Barak Obama, economic downturn, and international events will be great topics for deep discussion. The highlight of the weekend will be taking our Hummer Limo to the party we are co-hosting with some friends at the Bonaventure Brewing Company. It should be incredible fun and we plan to make some new friends and clients in the process. I'll let you know how it all goes.

Economic downturn turns focus to unit revenues.
November 1, 2008, 1:11 am
Submitted By: Martin Greenbaum

With the average franchisor realizing a 50% decrease in franchise development (new store sales) from prior year(s), there is a huge focus on boosting store sales (unit revenues) and maximizing royalty revenues. Franchise systems will need to implement marketing strategies that focus on the customers and prospects that live and work within five miles of their location. They will need to enhance their “neighborhood marketing"; approach, providing franchisees with training and tools for easy and successful implementation. Customer loyalty programs, promotions, online marketing, and email campaigns are all key strategies that will need to be implemented with frequency and impact. Developing the programs is one thing, gaining adoption from franchisees is yet another. Internal marketing campaigns are most often necessary to complement major marketing initiatives that require franchisee participation.

Brand exclusive, “power” franchise development portals – can franchsiors do it themselves?
November 1, 2008, 2:11 am
Submitted By: Martin Greenbaum

Lead generation continues to be a major concern of every one of our clients. The volume and quality of the many franchise portals has declined, some in part to the economic downturn over the last year. The last several months has just made it worse then ever and has forced franchisors to get creative in developing cost effective lead sources outside industry portals. I have been working on a “power"; lead portal that will not take the place of the traditional franchise development website, but it will supplement my clients websites. The portal will include a variety of proven features that not only boost organic search, but also focuses on maximizes hits, click-through and conversion rates. I can’t let the “cat out of the bag"; yet on the details, but we will be making it available to franchisors soon after the first of the year.