Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Brand Management :creating and evaluating

Hello friends, today our topic for discussion is brand and branding strategy: Modern day brand play
 
What is a brand?
 A logo?
 A theme line?
 A promise?
 A way of doing business?
 A relationship?  With whom?
 Advertising?
 Or, is it simply reputation?

                
These questions should be kept in mind before creating or evaluating a brand. The strategy should be   rooted in the brand's vision and driven by the principles of differentiation and sustained consumer appeal. 

The true brand is the sum total of the perceptions of all the constituencies which contribute to revenues and profits. There should be a vision, a clean articulation of strategic, financial; brand goals that management has created for the brand.

A first step to strategic success as to where the brand can & cannot go. Generally it provides a vision that forces management to articulate what they want the brand to do for the organization over the next five years, relative to brand value, revenue & profit contributions.

Here comes the matter of place, where we actually want to build our house?
The place in the consumer’s mind that you want your brand to own –the benefit you want them to think of when they think of your brand. A strong position means the brand has a unique, credible, sustainable, & valued place in the customer’s mind. 


These companies are well established in the global arena, because of their brand positioning –they exactly know these 3 things

A clear definition of the target market (TG) they wish to pursue

A definition of business their company is in or the industry or category it competes in.
A statement of  point of difference & key benefits




Following are some of the burning examples of brand positioning, the real effort of the company
out sourced chart on branding

Google – simplicity
Toyota -- reliability 
Disney-  family fun  entertainment
Wall – Mart – low price & good value
McDonalds – food & fun
Apple – innovation 

The result came from the branding strategy only; it’s the application of sound research into brand communications, analytical techniques, and the development of an improved strategy for your brand. Here the term “Strategy” is all about brand positioning. We'll identify the key elements of your corporate or product brand and develop a branding action plan to implement it.

There are four types of branding strategies viz. Product branding, Product-line branding, Product-range branding, Corporate branding.(which I will discuss in my next blog post.) .

If you has already created a brand(entrance level),then try to Distinguishing it from others –through  value proposition and keep in mind that BRAND  promise must match brand delivery. Otherwise it will take one more decade to recover from the loss.

Finally, while keeping all such things simple, modern definition of “BRAND” refers to the sum of all product characteristics and feelings, both real and perceived, that creates an impression and makes a promise.

It was just an introduction to the brand management, we will discuss briefly about it in our next post.

6 comments:

  1. A professionally crafted logo design price is one of the greatest blessings for a company; whether it is big or small. It gives them an identity of their own and makes them different from others.

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  2. @cheryl summer

    yes you're 100% right..at the same time a logo design can be a loyalty creator for a company at the beginning of the day.and also Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action of recognition.

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  3. yes nowadays all brands are known by their logo. There are lots of logo websites offering free logos online and for some we need to pay. I have created logo for my blog resume website

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  4. @ resume website...hey,thank q so much for the comment,i too believe so.. logo is always been there as a showman .its really nice to have a good logo...:)

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  5. Brand management has become more important than ever these days because of the overwhelming amount of advertising that takes over the marketplace. I agree completely with what you said about the importance of differentiating your brand from others. One way to do it would be to enlist the help of a good reputation management company. That an be quite beneficial. Thanks for posting!

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  6. Nowadays, most of people prefers a well brand for hiring any type services and buying any products. So, brand management has become so important for every company to engage with customers and create a good image of brand against them.

    solomon rusty

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