Chapter 13: Business-to-BUsiness branding Flashcards
Why does branding ad value for the customer?
Branding makes the buying decision process easier and helps them reduce the risk of buying the wrong product
One way that marketing creates competitive advantage for the business-to-business firm
Brand management
How does branding help a company?
Branding adds value to a firm’s intangible assets and can create price premiums
Branding is a distinct way to ____products from the competition
differentiate
Branding is just as important in the B2B market as in the B2C market: T or F
T
How should companies approach the branding process?
New companies should work to build brand while established firms must nurture, protect, and use it with care
_____ plays an important role in markets by attracting qualified employees
Branding
______ helps people to organize their thinking and reduce their risk of purchasing the “wrong” product
Branding
An approach that emphasizes the total offering- the functional relationship between all of the pieces
Holistic
Brand perception is influenced by…
everything the company does that comes in contact with the customer
What are the most important brand functions?
Increased informational efficiency
Risk reduction
Value-added or image benefit creation
Brand is shorthand for the ___ _____ of the company
value image
The complexity of the buying process and size of the buying center make____ more relevant
brands
What increases the relevance of the brand in business markets?
Clearly visible “public” products
Recognition among buying center members
New task buying situations
What is the role of brands in business-to-business markets?
Differentiation - decommodotize products that are highly undifferentiated
Secure future business
Differentiate marketing efforts - more readily accepted than unbranded efforts
Create preferences
Command price Premium
Create brand image
Increase sales
Illustrates the marketing-related connections between a company, its collaborators, and its customers. It acts as a common field to the intersecting market participants.
Branding triangle
The ___ connects everything across all touch points of the business
Brand
The organizational framework that systematically manages the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the brand strategy .
Brand management
The choice of common and distinctive brand elements a company applies across the company itself and the various products and services it sells.
Brand strategy
The most important aspect of the branding strategy in business-ti-business companies?
defining the branding hierarchy
Companies can stretch their brand in what ways ?
Width - individual to corporate
Length - low to high end
Depth - national to international
if a company approaches several separate and diverse markets then ____ brands may be more favorable
Inividual
if a company approaches a whole industry then a ____ of brands makes sense
family
Which brand elements are key when building a strong brand?
Name
Logo
Tagline
Brand story
The ____ _____ _____ for the brand elements should folw a set of choice criteria in order to reduce the risk of diluting or weakening the brand
visual identity code