Strategic Brand Management
Strategic Brand Management
Strategic Brand Management
Product VS Brand
A product is anything that can be offered to the market for attention , acquisition, use, or consumption that might satisfy a need or want. Thus, a product can be a physical good, service, organization, place or ideas. A brand is a product but adds other dimensions that differentiate it in some way from other products designed to satisfy the same need.
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What is a Brand?
A brand is a name, term, sign, symbol, or design which is intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competitors.
Brand Elements
A variety of brand elements can be chosen that inherently enhance brand awareness or facilitate the formation of strong, favorable, and unique brand associations:
Knowledgeable consumers. Brand Proliferation Media Fragmentation Increased competition Increased costs of introducing new product or supporting existing product. Greater accountability
Meaningful
Credible & Suggestive Rich Visual & Verbal Imagery
Appealing
Fun & Interesting Aesthetics
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Protectable
Legally Competitively
Transferable
Within & Across Product Categories Across Geographical Boundaries &
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Physical goods Services Retailers On-line product On-line service People Organization Sports, Arts, Entertainment Geographic location Ideas
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Brand Value
Examples of brand value 2001 ( Million US$)
Coca-cola Microsoft IBM 52 GE 42 Nokia 35 Intel 34 Disney 32 McDonald Sony 15 Honda 14 BMW 13 69 65
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Vision of mass market Managerial persistence Financial commitment Relentless innovation Asset Leverage
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1. Identifying brand vision, core brand values and brand positioning. 2. Planning and implementing brand marketing programs 3. Measuring brand performance 4. Growing and sustaining brand equity
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Brand Equity
Brand Awareness Brand Image / Brand salience Awareness Brand Experiences / Brand Users Brand loyalty
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Resonance
Product characteristics Profiles, usage, Effectiveness, Reliability Personality & values Design ,price Experiences
Category identification
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Beverage
Others
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For branding strategies to be successful, consumers must be convinced that there are meaningful differences among brands in the product or service category. Consumer must not think that all brands in the category are the same. PERCEPTION = VALUE
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Topics of discussion
Assignment: Students bring a product or a brochure of product or service to discuss in class. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What product / service ? What brand? What product category? What market? Who are in the market? What do you know about the category? What could be the consumer expectation from this category? 6. What do you know about the chosen product/service? 7. What you should know about the product/service if you are a brand / product manager? 8. What is the product benefit? 9. What is the consumer benefit of the product? 10.How does this brand different from others? 11.What it the brand mantra? Slogan? Is it convincing?
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Next Class Session 3: 17 November 2550 What do Brand Manager Actually do?
Guest lecturer Khun Anan Teerawichakul Brand Manager : Vitamilk
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1. Market Analysis Reading: Lehman & Wine Chapter 3 & 4 2. Submit individual paper 3. Be prepared to discuss market analysis of a product market in class.
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Individual Assignment
Choose 1 of the following topics, do some study from books, internet, market survey, talking to consumers, talking to sellers, etc. and write a short report, 4 to 5 pages. Please do not copy each other. TOPICS Product X: Initial Market & Product Information Consumers Information and the consumer insights Product Category X
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Individual Assignment
Type of product / service Size of market and potential ( if information is available) Key Players in the market Leading Brand Market Segmentation Distribution structure Market influencers
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Individual Assignment
Type of product / service The end-consumers or end-users The purchasers & the influencers The end-consumer's needs, desires, preferences. The general product expectation. The potential added-value related to the product Use and usage behavior What else should we know about the consumers of the studied products.
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Mid-Term Exam
Be prepare to express your knowledge about Basic Marketing Principles Product Management concept Brand, Brand Equity, Brand Management concept Market Analysis
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