The document discusses various topics related to branding including defining what a brand is, the role and advantages of strong brands, what brand equity and brand promises are, and how to measure and manage brand equity. It also provides examples of strong brands like Apple and discusses various brand equity models and strategies for building, maintaining, and growing brand value over time.
3. Kerala Tourism has successfully branded the destination with a brand name, logo, and the tagline Gods Own Country
4. Steps in Strategic Brand Management Identifying and establishing brand positioning Planning and implementing brand marketing Measuring and interpreting brand performance Growing and sustaining brand value
5. What is a Brand? A brand is a name, term, sign, symbol or design, or a combination of them, intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competitors.
6. The Role of Brands Identify the maker Simplify product handling Organize accounting Offer legal protection
7. The Role of Brands Signify quality Create barriers to entry Serve as a competitive advantage Secure price premium
8. What is Branding? Branding is endowing products and services with the power of the brand.
9. What is Brand Equity? Brand equity is the added value endowed on products and services, which may be reflected in the way consumers, think, feel, and act with respect to the brand.
11. Advantages of Strong Brands Improved perceptions of product performance Greater loyalty Less vulnerability to competitive marketing actions Less vulnerability to crises Larger margins More inelastic consumer response Greater trade cooperation Increased marketing communications effectiveness Possible licensing opportunities
28. The 10 Most Valuable Brands $22.13 Mercedes-Benz $27.50 McDonalds $27.85 Disney $27.94 Toyota $30.13 Nokia $38.32 Intel $48.91 GE $56.20 IBM $56.93 Microsoft $67.00 Coca-Cola 2006 Brand Value (Billions) Brand
30. Interbrands Steps in Calculating Brand Equity Market segmentation Financial analysis Role of branding Brand strength Brand value calculation
31. Devising a Branding Strategy Develop new brand elements Apply existing brand elements Use a combination of old and new
32. Branding Terms Brand line Brand mix Brand extension Sub-brand Parent brand Family brand Line extension Category extension Branded variants Licensed product Brand dilution Brand portfolio
33. Brand Naming Individual names Blanket family names Separate family names Corporate name-individual name combo
34. Reasons for Brand Portfolios Increasing shelf presence and retailer dependence in the store Attracting consumers seeking variety Increasing internal competition within the firm Yielding economies of scale in advertising, sales, merchandising, and distribution
35. Brand Roles in a Brand Portfolio Flankers Low-end Entry-level High-end Prestige Cash Cows
36. Marketing Debate Are brand extensions good or bad? Take a position: Brand extensions can endanger brands. or 2. Brand extensions are an important brand-growth strategy.
37. Marketing Discussion How can you relate the different models brand equity presented in this chapter? How are they similar? Different? Can you reconstruct a brand-equity Model that incorporates the best of each?
Editor's Notes
#33: Video icon links to snippet on Swiss Armys brand extensions.