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A1

Foundation module

How Brands Grow — Systematically Dissected

12 lectures
SYNTHESIS

A1 · The productive tension

Penetrationandloyalty (but penetration wins the evidence).

Primary sources

Sharp · Ehrenberg · Romaniuk

Lectures

12 lectures

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  1. A1-01What Makes a Marketing Law a Law~11 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  2. A1-02Double Jeopardy — The First Law~11 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  3. A1-03Retention, Acquisition and the Leaky Bucket~12 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  4. A1-04Mental Availability — The Mechanism Behind the Patterns~11 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  5. A1-05Physical Availability — Presence, Prominence, Portfolio~10 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  6. A1-06Distinctive Assets — The Grid and the Discipline~11 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  7. A1-07Category Entry Points — Mapping the Buying Situations~11 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  8. A1-08Duplication of Purchase and the Natural Monopoly Law~11 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  9. A1-09Price Promotions and Loyalty Programmes — What the Evidence Says~10 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  10. A1-10The Case Against Sharp — Limits, Critics and Boundary Conditions~10 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  11. A1-11The Ehrenberg-Bass Playbook, Applied~11 min2 SPTake the quiz →
  12. A1-12Penetration AND Loyalty — The Synthesis~14 min2 SPTake the quiz →

Concepts

Active recall beats rereading: retrieve the definition from memory first, then flip the card.

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Case studies

1 case studies

Integrative cases where the module's concepts meet a single brand or situation.

  1. Strategic case (type 6) — laws audit of a board mandateThe Loyalty Mandate: a coffee brand told to 'defend the base'Read the case →
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