{"id":7301,"date":"2011-05-11T13:21:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T20:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-52-8-204-4.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/uncategorized\/despicable-them-rising-above-a-rotten-reputation\/"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T21:11:57","slug":"despicable-them-rising-above-a-rotten-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/despicable-them-rising-above-a-rotten-reputation\/","title":{"rendered":"Despicable Them: Rising Above a Rotten Reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Read this insightful case study below on AIA that was published yesterday by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingprofs.com\/articles\/2011\/5011\/despicable-them-rising-above-a-rotten-reputation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MarketingProfs<\/a>. It accurately describes the objective of AIA &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expertbail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExpertBail <\/a>and how we hope to clean up a bad brand reputation and defy the industry&#8217;s negative image.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Guilty by association. That&#8217;s a tough place to start when you&#8217;re trying to launch a new brand, particularly the first major brand in your category. But that&#8217;s exactly where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIA<\/a>, the nation&#8217;s largest and oldest network of <strong>bail bond agents<\/strong>, found itself when it set out to differentiate its agents from the rest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Though relatively unbranded in the traditional marketing sense, the <strong>bail bond industry<\/strong> is a long way away from being completely unbranded. Images of Dog the Bounty Hunter and other interesting characters have made certain of that. More than simply launching a new brand, the challenge for AIA became how to overhaul that perception.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Through an amusing online and offline campaign, consumer education, community events, strategic partnerships, personable content, and a healthy dose of search engine optimization (SEO), AIA is demonstrating how it is possible to rise above an undeserved reputation in a relatively short amount of time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To read the rest of the article, click on the following link, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingprofs.com\/articles\/2011\/5011\/despicable-them-rising-above-a-rotten-reputation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Despicable Them: Rising Above a Rotten Reputation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Marketing Profs<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingprofs.com\/articles\/2011\/5011\/despicable-them-rising-above-a-rotten-reputation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Despicable Them: Rising Above a Rotten Reputation<\/a><br \/>\nby Kimberly Smith<br \/>\nPublished on May 10, 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read this insightful case study below on AIA that was published yesterday by MarketingProfs. 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