Creative Brand Publicity (CBP)

The Power of Mood, Moment, and Movement

Abstract

Brands face growing challenges in capturing attention and sustaining meaningful audience engagement. These challenges emerge, especially in an increasingly saturated and algorithm-driven media environment. Traditional publicity approaches often prioritize exposure over resonance, creating a gap between visibility and narrative impact. This conceptual paper introduces Creative Brand Publicity (CBP) as a narrative strategy that emphasizes emotional depth, contextual relevance, and dynamic continuity in brand communication. The study aims to develop and elaborate a conceptual framework of CBP structured around three fundamental aspects: Mood, Moment, and Movement. Adopting a conceptual and theory-building approach, this paper synthesizes insights from branding, marketing communication, narrative theory, and cultural studies. The analysis integrates existing literature with interpretive reasoning to construct a cohesive framework that explains how brands can design more engaging and meaningful publicity strategies. The paper proposes that effective brand publicity operates through the orchestration of Mood as the emotional tone shaping audience perception, Moment as the contextual and temporal relevance enhancing immediacy and connection, and Movement as the continuity and evolution of brand narratives across platforms and touchpoints. These three aspects function synergistically to transform publicity from mere information dissemination into immersive narrative experiences that foster engagement, memorability, and brand affinity. Theoretically, this study contributes to branding and marketing communication literature by advancing a narrative-based model of publicity that extends beyond conventional promotional frameworks. Practically, it offers strategic guidance to practitioners for designing integrated, adaptive, and culturally resonant publicity initiatives in the digital era. The CBP framework provides a foundation for future empirical research and the development of more human-centered and story-driven brand communication strategies.