{"id":9259,"date":"2020-10-15T08:11:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/?p=9259"},"modified":"2020-10-15T08:11:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:11:35","slug":"3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A year after KPMG migrated all their webpages under home.kpmg, the Brand Registry Group interviewed them to talk about the impact. In the interview, KPMG shares how planning and communication are key in changing to a .BRAND domain name. Their experience ties in nicely to CSC\u2019s three-phase .BRAND approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Socialization\u2014<\/strong>Get everyone on board with your strategy, from the C-suite and executives to employees and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Experimentation\u2014<\/strong>Track how .BRANDs are converting for you by doing A\/B testing with clients and prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3: Implementation\u2014<\/strong>Choose from a variety of ways to implement your brand by following your planned strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you have a .BRAND strategy in mind or not, CSC recommends .BRAND owners consider a phased approach to minimize risks, keep to the strengths of an agile methodology, and provide opportunities to shape your strategy as you move along the phases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/en\/resources-news\/dot-brand-report\/\">Download the full report now &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year after KPMG migrated all their webpages under home.kpmg, the Brand Registry Group interviewed them to talk about the impact. In the interview, KPMG shares how planning and communication are key in changing to a .BRAND domain name. Their experience ties in nicely to CSC\u2019s three-phase .BRAND approach. Step 1: Socialization\u2014Get everyone on board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,521],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brands","category-send-email"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation | CSC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A year after KPMG migrated all their webpages under home.kpmg, the Brand Registry Group interviewed them to talk about the impact. In the interview, KPMG shares how planning and communication are key in changing to a .BRAND domain name.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation | CSC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A year after KPMG migrated all their webpages under home.kpmg, the Brand Registry Group interviewed them to talk about the impact. In the interview, KPMG shares how planning and communication are key in changing to a .BRAND domain name.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Digital Brand Services Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/corporationserviceco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-15T12:11:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-15T12:11:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-1024x536.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Digital Brand Services Marketing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cscdbs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cscdbs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Digital Brand Services Marketing\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Digital Brand Services Marketing\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8385131857f2e60ca2a58d416f2404d\"},\"headline\":\"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-15T12:11:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-15T12:11:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":162,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-1024x536.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Brand Protection\",\"Send email\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/\",\"name\":\"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation | CSC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-1024x536.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-15T12:11:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-15T12:11:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"A year after KPMG migrated all their webpages under home.kpmg, the Brand Registry Group interviewed them to talk about the impact. In the interview, KPMG shares how planning and communication are key in changing to a .BRAND domain name.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\\\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\\\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Digital Brand Services Blog\",\"description\":\"Domains, new gTLDs, brand protection, security &amp; trademark news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CSC Digital Brand Services\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\\\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/cropped-dbs_small.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\\\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/cropped-dbs_small.gif\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"CSC Digital Brand Services\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/corporationserviceco\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/cscdbs\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/showcase\\\/csc-digital-brand-services\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8385131857f2e60ca2a58d416f2404d\",\"name\":\"Digital Brand Services Marketing\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cscdbs.com\\\/blog\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation | CSC","description":"A year after KPMG migrated all their webpages under home.kpmg, the Brand Registry Group interviewed them to talk about the impact. In the interview, KPMG shares how planning and communication are key in changing to a .BRAND domain name.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation | CSC","og_description":"A year after KPMG migrated all their webpages under home.kpmg, the Brand Registry Group interviewed them to talk about the impact. In the interview, KPMG shares how planning and communication are key in changing to a .BRAND domain name.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/","og_site_name":"Digital Brand Services Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/corporationserviceco","article_published_time":"2020-10-15T12:11:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-15T12:11:35+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-1024x536.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Digital Brand Services Marketing","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cscdbs","twitter_site":"@cscdbs","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Digital Brand Services Marketing","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/"},"author":{"name":"Digital Brand Services Marketing","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8385131857f2e60ca2a58d416f2404d"},"headline":"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation","datePublished":"2020-10-15T12:11:33+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-15T12:11:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/"},"wordCount":162,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-1024x536.jpg","articleSection":["Brand Protection","Send email"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/","name":"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation | CSC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image-1024x536.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-15T12:11:33+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-15T12:11:35+00:00","description":"A year after KPMG migrated all their webpages under home.kpmg, the Brand Registry Group interviewed them to talk about the impact. In the interview, KPMG shares how planning and communication are key in changing to a .BRAND domain name.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DBS_3_Phase_Approach_Blog_Image.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/3-phase-approach-to-brand-strategy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3-Phase Approach to .BRAND Strategy \u2013 Socialization, Experimentation, Implementation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/","name":"Digital Brand Services Blog","description":"Domains, new gTLDs, brand protection, security &amp; trademark news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"CSC Digital Brand Services","url":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cropped-dbs_small.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cscwebcontentstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/cscmarketing-cscdbs-media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cropped-dbs_small.gif","width":200,"height":200,"caption":"CSC Digital Brand Services"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/corporationserviceco","https:\/\/x.com\/cscdbs","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/csc-digital-brand-services\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8385131857f2e60ca2a58d416f2404d","name":"Digital Brand Services Marketing","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9278,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9259\/revisions\/9278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}