Brand Equity And The Marketing Mix Flashcards
What are the key drivers in building brand equity?
- product
- price
- place
- promotion
What was the old marketing world? (5 things)
- broadcast media
- mass targeting (knowing lots of customers reasonably well)
- marketing research
- influence and control of channels ( communication and distribution)
- industry dominance
What is the new marketing world? ( 5 things)
- digitisation and connectivity (Internet, IoT)
- customisation and co-creation/co-production knowing each customer very well, allowing them to do their bit
- marketing intelligence
- disintermediation and reintermediation
- industry convergence (blurring of boundaries)
What is integrated marketing?
Customer touch points:
- any interaction between business and customers throughout the customer journey
- touch points provide opportunity to build brand knowledge structures (eg: WOM, online reviews)
What is personalized marketing?
Marketing strategy by which companies leverage data analysis and digital technology to deliver individualized messages and product offerings to current or prospective customers
- was not possible before, today access to big data and have better knowledge of individual consumer personalization
What is experimental marketing?
- connecting a product/ service with a unique experience (or just providing a unique experience)
- directly engages the customer and invited them to participate in the brand experience
What is perceived quality within product strategy? And what level does it relate to?
An overall assessment based on customers perceptions, of the products quality. Key concepts: - performance - features - conformance quality - reliability - durability - serviceability - style and design
What are brand intangibles within product strategy?
customers may use shortcuts through imagery characteristics
- Image (reputation)
- functional benefits
- process benefits
- relationship benefits
What is price? ( 5 things)
- the amount of money charged for a product or service, or the sum of the values that consumers exchange for he benefits of having or unsung the product or service. (Kottler et al 2004)
- it is an attribute that provide information
- part of IMC strategy
- price premium can be a measure of brand equity
- important social implications
What is reference prices?
- typical strategy employed by retailers
- “was 199, now 129”
- the external reference price guides our decision making by suggesting we are getting a good deal
- our perception of price changes
- ethical issues exist (due to consumer deception)
What are price-quality relationships? when does it tend to occur? (4 things)
- in some cases consumers have been seem to perceive higher quality with higher prices
- effect is rare not consistent
Tends to occur in following circumstances:
- advertising, packaging, product design
- occurs when quality is not easily discernible (wine, perfume)
- occurs when risk of not working is high
- occurs with less knowledgeable customers
- occurs with less motivation to process prices
What are price endings?
- when companies price their products with a certain number ( xx,x9, xx,x0) to affect the decision making process of customers. Perceptions of products being cheaper with numbers ending with 9.
What are the different pricing approaches? (MVP-G)
- Mark up pricing (cost plus): add a standard markup to a products cost (lawyers, construction, accountants)
- Going rate pricing: either charge the same or charge + - value differential (petrol station, consumer electronics, publishing)
- Perceived value pricing: charging customers what they are willing to pay and communicate a rationale ( hotels, air tickets)
- Value pricing: setting low prices by reengineerig the company’s operations (aldi, ikea)
What is every day low pricing?
- signifies a value pricing approach
- promises customers a low price without having to wait for sales periods
- communicates value
- saves money on operations costs
- enhances brand loyalty among target customers
- increases barriers for generic brands
- reduces manufacturing and inventory costs
What is Hi- Low pricing?
A pricing strategy adopted by sme’s mainly, where a firm charges a high price for an item and later when the items popularity has passed, sell it to customers by giving discounts or through clearance sales