1. The document discusses how to build and manage brand value. It provides an overview of brand valuation methodology and lists some top global brands.
2. To create brand value, companies must recognize the brand as important, make it the guiding principle for all business decisions, and manage it to build strength both internally and how it is perceived externally.
3. Key factors that contribute to brand strength include clarity, commitment, protection, responsiveness, authenticity, relevance, differentiation, consistency, presence, and understanding. Managing all touchpoints to consistently deliver an authentic brand experience is important for building value.
5. Combining brand analysis with a financial model of the
business allows us to arrive at a single measure of the
brand’s contribution to business results. Brand value.
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9. How do the world’s best brands ensure they create
brand value?
10. How do the world’s best brands ensure they create
brand value?
1. Recognise the importance of the brand
2. The brand is the guiding principle
3. Manage to build brand strength
12. “A brand is a living business asset, brought to life
across all touch points
which, if properly managed, creates identification,
differentiation and value”
13. Purchase decisions are never exclusively based on
factual evidence
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Features: Front Pocket Features: Front Pocket
Brand: Nike Brand: Mass private label
Price: $49.99 Price: $10.99
14. The brand plays a key role in purchase considerations
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Decision
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Role of brand by industry
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Source: Interbrand Best Global Brands
Home Furnishings
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FMCG
Apparel
Automotive
Tobacco
Electronics
Internet Services
Brand is important for every industry
Business Services
Transportation
Computer Software
Energy
Financial Services
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16. Your brand drives current and future business value
Drive choice Generate revenue
Command a premium Increase margins and profitability
Secure loyalty Build market share
Indirect benefits Reduce operating costs
18. From this:
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HR
Sales
Brand Traditional
Business Marketing Strategy communication
Strategy
Manufacturing/
retail operations
Distribution
R&D
Your Brand – an element of your communications
strategy
19. To: The central organizing principle
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HR
Sales
Business Brand Marketing
strategy strategy
Manufacturing/
retail operations
Distribution
R&D
Your Brand – one vision that drives business
performance, culture,
experience and attitude
20. The brand lives in all touch points
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PEOPLE AND BEHAVIOU
What sorts of products
What sort of
and services should the
skills and qualities
brand offer? What is
are we looking for? How do
the nature of our
want our people to behave?
service style or offer?
Brand Proposition
How do we want our
What is the key message
environments to look
we want to communicate?
and feel, both
What channels should we
physically and
use?
virtually?
ENVIRONMENTS AND CHANNELS COMMUNICATIONS
21. Products and services People and Behaviours
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Environments and channels Communications
22. Products and services People and Behaviours
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Self service kiosk to go in the rooms
Book of city facts
26. Clarity
Clarity internally about what
the brand stands for in terms
of its values, positioning and
proposition.
Clarity too about target
audiences, customer insights
and drivers.
Because so much hinges on
this, it is vital that these are
articulated internally and
shared across the Is the business clear on what
organization. the brand stands for?
27. 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.
Is the brand being considered in
your business decision making?
28. Protection
How secure the brand is
across a number of
dimensions: legal
protection, proprietary
ingredients or design, scale or
geographical spread.
Can the business protect the
brand and what makes it special?
29. Responsiveness
The ability to respond to
market changes, challenges
and opportunities. The brand
should have a sense of
leadership internally and a
desire and ability to constantly
evolve and renew itself.
Is the business responsive to
changes in the market and
customer needs?
31. Authenticity
The brand is soundly based on
an internal truth and
capability. It has a defined
heritage and a well grounded
value set. It can deliver
against the (high) expectations
that customers have of it.
How can your business build
brand authenticity?
32. Relevance
The fit with
customer/consumer
needs, desires, and decision
criteria across all relevant
demographics and
geographies.
Is your brand clear about who
it is targeting? And is it
addressing their rational and
emotional needs?
33. Differentiation
The degree to which
customers/consumers perceive
the brand to have a
differentiated positioning
distinctive from the
competition.
What makes your brand
different and better than the
competition?
34. Consistency
The degree to which a brand is
experienced without fail across
all touchpoints or formats.
Can your business deliver an
engaging brand experience
across all touch points?
35. Presence
The degree to which a brand
feels omnipresent and is
talked about positively by
consumers, customers and
opinion formers in both
traditional and social media.
Is your brand in all parts of
your target consumers lives?
36. Understanding
The brand is not only
recognized by customers, but
there is also an in-depth
knowledge and understanding
of its distinctive qualities and
characteristics.
Are you clear what you want to
be known for?
37. Key elements for building brand value
1. Recognise the importance of the brand
2. The brand is the guiding principle
3. Manage to build brand strength
Quite a lot happening just in the top 10 this yearCoca-Cola retains its top spotApple continues its meteoric rise with a jump to 2nd place up from 8thRepresenting perhaps a changing of the technology guard, Google overtakes Microsoft for the first timeNew entrants into the top 10 are Samsung, another company seeing the value of it brand rise significantly due to its success in consumer electronics, and Toyota, continuing to recover from its product recall disaster of 2009 and 2010
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