1.0Association of Canadian Advertisershttps://acaweb.ca/entonyatiliahttps://acaweb.ca/en/author/tonyatilia/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5MHLdnEHBi"><a href="https://acaweb.ca/en/2014/who-owns-your-brand/">Who Owns Your Brand?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://acaweb.ca/en/2014/who-owns-your-brand/embed/#?secret=5MHLdnEHBi" width="600" height="338" title="“Who Owns Your Brand?” — Association of Canadian Advertisers" data-secret="5MHLdnEHBi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Do your customers own your brand? Not really, but they are increasingly more empowered to influence its destiny. Do your shareholders own your brand? Not really, but they can surely influence its value and market capitalization. Do your agency partners own your brand? No. They never did, but they certainly influence its success. As a marketer, you may not personally own your brand but you and you alone must assume sole responsibility for its stewardship and success. More than ever, clients must take 100 percent ownership of their brands. Sure, once upon a time, they could partner with a major agency that would help steward the brand. I started my career as a client. Our agency was Ogilvy and Mather. They helped us with everything from consumer research, package design, sales promotion, media buying and planning and of course advertising.