Brand Lecture Flashcards
Brands are:
Key contributors to value
Interbrand Equity Calculation:
Financial Performance
Role of Brand
Brand Strength
Brand Value
The Brand Ladder:
Awareness –> Associations –> Relationship
Differentiation - Value:
Three Vectors: Operational Excellence, Relational/intimacy, performance superiority
Best thing to do for companies on the Differentiation - Value map:
Seek differentiation on one vector and parity on others.
Cannot be all things to all people
Confusion about positioning
Murky Brand message/value proposition
Five Brand Personality Dimensions (differs in different countries):
Sincerity Excitement Competence Sophistication Ruggedness
Brand Name and Packages:
Four easy “tests”: say, spell, read, remember
Four “Fit” tests:
Target market, benefits, culture, legal
The Customer Value Imperative:
- Value vectors: performance/quality, price/convenience, relational/intimacy
- Superior value proposition requires a business model optimized for that strategy
- Cannot be all things to all people