Speaking engagements

Trust is at the core of branding

CoreBrand CEO Jim Gregory and Managing Director Larry Oakner lead a discussion on the Trust Across America radio program about how trust is at the core of branding. Guests include Nancy Benben from New Alliance Bank, Fran Barfoot from Chubb Insurance, Toby Hoden from ING Investment Management and Angela Stark from Cisco Systems. Audio (58 minutes, 56 seconds)

2012 Cable Communications Institute

At the 2012 Cable Communications Institute, James Gregory, CEO, CoreBrand, discusses why 90% of marketing budgets are either underfunded or overfunded due to accounting standards that have not kept up the the changing nature of a company's assets. Video (3 minutes 10 seconds)

Why are marketing budgets underfunded?

Jim Gregory, CEO, CoreBrand, discusses how current accounting standards don’t recognize how intangible assets are key drivers for increasing corporate value. Financial Community Society, April 5, 2011. Audio (48 minutes 36 seconds)

Marketing in Challenging Times

James Gregory, CEO, CoreBrand, shares his opinions and thoughts with the Corporate Financial Group on effective marketing techniques during this financial crisis and banking freeze. Audio (53 minutes 20 seconds)

CEM Conference Chicago, March 2007

The right experience strategy keeps customers coming back, builds your brand image from "word of mouth" to strategic positioning, and captures ROI in the form of increased revenues and brand equity. By measuring and managing customer interactions across distribution channels, your company will be prepared to realize improved revenue and, ultimately, stock performance.

In this presentation to the Conference Board, you will hear CoreBrand's Customer Experience Measurement portal and learn how customer loyalty drives brand equity using the Corporate Branding Index, a proprietary measuring and modeling system. Audio (42 minutes 48 seconds)

Liquid Brand Summit 2007: How Corporate Reputation Creates Corporate Value

How do you improve the ROI of your marketing campaigns? By accounting for both sides of the “value equation!” Most marketing activities focus on building revenue, but there is a great value in understanding how corporate reputation creates value for the whole company. In this session from the Liquid Brand Summit, Mr. Gregory will present his proprietary measuring and modeling system known as the “Corporate Branding Index” to identify how corporate branding can create value for products while also creating value for the whole company. He will provide a specific company case study and identify “best practices” to show the substantial value generated from these innovative techniques. Audio (51 minutes 6 seconds)