Mini-Test 1 Flashcards
List the brand elements
- brand name
- URLs
- logos
- symbols
- characters
- spokespeople
- slogans
- jingles
- packages
- signage
What is a brand, beyond basic brand elements, identifiers, etc?
Something that has actually created a certain amount of awareness, reputation, prominence, etc, in the marketplace
What are the 10 principles of a strong brand?
1) commitment
2) protection
3) consistency
4) responsiveness
5) authenticity
6) relevance
7) understanding
8) clarity
9) differentiation
10) presence
10 principles of strong brands: COMMITMENT
- a measure of an organization’s internal commitment to or belief in its brand
- commitment is the extent to which the brand receives support in terms of time, influence, and investment
10 principles of strong brands: PROTECTION
- how secure a brand is across different dimensions
* from legal protection and proprietary ingredients to design, scale, or geographic spread
10 principles of strong brands: CLARITY
•measures the degrees to which brand and its owner are truly dedicated to understanding and defining their customer
•values, positioning, and proposition must be clearly articulated and shared across the organization
-also clear target audiences, customer insights,
and drivers
•vital that people within organization know and understand all these elements
10 principles of strong brands: RESPONSIVENESS
- ability to adapt to market changes/challenges/opportunities
- brand should have desire and ability to constantly change, evolve and renew itself
Hotel industry examples:
- sustainability: green practices
- technology: websites, mobile phones
10 principles of strong brands: AUTHENTICITY
- how soundly brand is based on an internal capability
* asks if a brand has a defined heritage and a well-grounded value set, and if it can deliver on customer expectations
10 principles of strong brands: UNDERSTANDING
- customers must do more than just recognize brand
- must be an in-depth understanding of its distinctive qualities and characteristics, as well as those of the brand owner
10 principles of strong brands: RELEVANCE
•how well a brand fits with customer needs, desires, and decision criteria across all appropriate demographics and geographies
EXAMPLE: adopting mobile web practices, moving past simple web experiences and online shopping
10 principles of strong brands: CONSISTENCY
-degree to which a brand is experienced without fail across all touchpoints and formats
10 principles of strong brands: DIFFERENTIATION
-degree to which customers perceive the brand to have a positioning that is distinct from the competition
10 principles of strong brands: PRESENCE
•degree to which a brand feels omnipresent and how positively consumers and opinion formers discuss it in traditional and social media
- rise of social media means that brands have new opportunities to evaluate their presence
- today’s consumers provide feedback online and brands are expected to respond authentically and quickly, or else put the brand at risk
What is “strategic brand management”?
Involves the DESIGN + IMPLEMENTATION OF MARKETING programs + activities to build, measure, and manage brand equity
4 steps in Strategic Brand Management Process:
1) IDENTIFYING + ESTABLISHING brand positioning and values
2) PLANNING + IMPLEMENTING brand marketing programs
3) MEASURING + INTERPRETING brand performance
4) GROWING + SUSTAINING brand equity
Brand equity concept:
-defined in terms of the marketing effects uniquely attributed to the brand
-relates to the fact that different outcomes result
in the marketing of a product because of brand
name, as compared to if the same product did
not have that name
-reinforces how important the brand is in marketing strategies
Branding is all about endowing products and services with the power of ?
Brand equity
CBBE (customer-based brand equity)
Overall concept
- the differential effect that brand knowledge has on customer response to the marketing of that brand
- the power of a brand lies in what customers have learned, felt, seen, and heard about the brand as a result of their experiences over time
3 key ingredients to CBBE definition:
1) differential effect
-differences in consumer response
2) brand knowledge
-function of awareness and image
3) consumer response to marketing
-consumer judgements (choice of brand, brand
quality, brand credibility, brand superiority, etc)
-evaluations of the brand
-emotional attitude
-brand loyalty
-active brand management
Sources of brand equity: BRAND KNOWLEDGE
Brand knowledge is a function of:
1) brand awareness
2) brand image
Brand awareness relates to consumers’ ability to:
- recognize brand
- recall brand
Brand image consists of:
- consumers’ brand perception
- consumers’ brand associations
Why is brand awareness important?
- necessary to be included in set of brand being considered for a purchase
- can be a sufficient condition for choice in low-involvement decision settings
- influences the strength and nature of associations that comprise the brand image
Brand awareness can be heightened by:
- Increasing consumer exposure to the brand
- linking the brand to product category, consumption, and usage situations
Brand associations
- reflect all the associations consumers have for a brand in memory
- can be about attributes and benefits of the brand, or attitudes toward it
- attributes can relate to physical components (product related), or to things like price, imagery, feelings, experiences, and personality (non-product-related)