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People persuade, not faceless brands: The case for executive branding

Greater demand for authenticity, trust, and “humanisation” of brands is making the case for executive and personal branding, experts say.

Over the past year, executive branding of C-suite leaders, corporate “influencers”, and brand ambassadors have been remarkably more persuasive and generated greater conversations in a ‘people-first’ digital and social media environment than most company brands.

Case in point: Conversations from Cannes Lions revolved around Scott Galloway’s “the era of brand is over” in 2023 and a year later circled around Mark Ritson’s “creativity is not enough” in 2024 rather than highlights of specific brand achievements.

Elon Musk with 189.3 million followers on X (at the time of writing this article) has greater reach than Tesla (22.2 million followers), SpaceX (34.9 million follow


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