A report on proceedings of Brandworks University 2008
Madison, Wisconsin, USA, June 3-4 2008

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Day two: from Rocky to Stonyfield Farm
Carlos Grande
4 June

Digital media and David v Goliath brand case studies dominated the final day of the 2008 Brandworks University.

A common theme across the sessions was the potential economic returns for brands which, over the long term, authentically tapped into consumers' passions, no matter how niche-seeming, and stuck pugnaciously to this view.

Or if you prefer the conference host's salty idiom – borrowed from the Rocky movies – marketers were urged to "eat lightning and crap thunder