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Why Brands Need Fame, Not Just Performance
Performance marketing alone is a race to the bottom. Fame — built through OOH and real-life branding — is what compounds.
20 June 2026 6 min read
The IPA's Long and Short of It proved it a decade ago and every year since: brands that split budget 60/40 in favour of brand-building outperform performance-only brands by 3–5x over a 3-year horizon. Fame is the compounding asset. Performance marketing is the rental cost of demand you already created.
/ How OOH builds fame
OOH is the fastest way to signal scale, permanence and cultural relevance. A taxi wrap fleet or a station domination tells the market, staff, investors and customers that the brand is real. Nothing on Meta does that.
Related: why DTC brands are moving offline and real-life branding matters more than ever.
#brand fame#brand building#performance marketing#brand vs performance
