Module 7 Flashcards
Virtually every marketing dollar spent today must be justified as both
effective and efficient in terms of “return of marketing investment” (ROMI).
Some observers believe that up to 70% (or even more) of marketing expenditures may be devoted to
programs and activities that cannot be linked to short-term incremental profits, but yet can be seen as improving brand equity.
Marketers must go beyond ROI measurements to address whether
brands truly are assets that enable the business to generate superior returns over time.
To qualify a brand as an asset in financial terms, marketers need to measure it in terms of
its ability to generate future cash flows.
Marketers can create value only by changing
customer behavior- changes in attitude don’t generate cash flow.
Marketers should measure brand equity in a way that captures
the source and scale of the emotional component the brand adds to functionality of the product.
To understand how to design and implement a brand equity measurement and management system, a __ __ needs to be taken.
broader perspective (than just the CBBE model)
The brand value chain is a
structured approach to assessing the sources and outcomes of brand equity and the manner by which marketing activities create brand value.
The Brand Value Creation Process:
Stage 1 : Firm invests in marketing program
Stage 2 : Associated marketing activity then affects customer mind set
Stage 3 : This mind set, across a broad group of customers, produces the brand performance
Stage 4 : Finally the investment community considers this market performance
The Brand Value Chain: Value Stages
- Marketing Program
-Investment
-Product
-Communications
-Trade
-Employee
-Other - Customer Mindset
-Awareness
-Associations
-Attitudes
-Attachment
-Activity - Market Performance
-Price premiums
-Price elasticity
-Market share
-Expansion success
-Cost structure
-Profitability - Shareholder Value
-Stock price
-P/E ratio
-Market capitalization
The Brand Value Chain: Multipliers
- Program Quality Multipliers
-Clarity
-Relevance
-Distinctiveness
-Consistency - Marketplace Conditions Multiplier
-Channel support
-Consumer size and profile
-Competitive reactions - Investor Sentiment Multiplier
-Market dynamics
-Growth potential
-Risk profile
-Brand contribution
Marketing Program Investment
Any marketing program investment that can contribute to brand value development, intentionally or not, falls into this first value stage
Program Quality Multiplier
The ability of the marketing program to affect customer mind-set will depend on its quality.
Must be clear, relevant, distinct, and consistent.
Customer Mind-Set
In what way have customers been changed as a result of the marketing program?
Brand awareness
Brand associations
Brand attitudes
Brand attachment
Brand activity
Marketplace Conditions Multiplier
The extent to which value created in the minds of customers affects market performance depends on factors beyond the individual customer.
Market Performance
Brand value is created by how customers react in 6
main ways….
- Price premiums
- Price elasticities
- Market share
- Brand expansion
- Cost structure
- Brand profitability (result of the previous 5 factors)
Investor Sentiment Multiplier
Financial analysts and investors consider a host of
factors in arriving at their brand valuations and
investment decisions
Shareholder Value
Three vital indicators:
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Based on all available current and forecasted
information about a brand, as well as many other
considerations, the financial marketplace formulates
opinions and assessments that have very direct
financial implications for the brand value.
Three vital indicators:
Stock Price
Price / Earnings multiple
Overall market capitalization for the firm
Value creation begins with
the marketing program investment.
Value creation requires more than
the initial marketing investment.
Tracking value creation that make
marketing research and
intelligence efforts easier.
Both the __ and the __ of some brand value chain measures could matter.
mean, variance
Tracking studies involve information collected from
consumers on a routine basis over time
Often done on a “continuous” basis.
Provide descriptive and diagnostic information.