2. Unit I
Introduction- Basic understanding of brands – concepts
and process – significance of a brand-brand mark and
trade mark – different types of brands – family brand,
individual brand, private brand – selecting a brand name
– functions of a brand – branding decisions – influencing
factors.
4. BRAND
A Brand is a name, term, sign, symbol or design or a
combination of them, which is intended to identify the
goals or services of one seller or another seller and
differentiate them from other manufacturers
The American Marketing Association defines ‘brand’ as
“a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that
identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from
those of other sellers…A brand may identify one item, a
family of items, or all items of that seller.
5. BRAND FOR CONSUMER AND SELLER
CONSUMERS SELLER
i)SOURCE OF PRODUCT
ii)LOWER RISK
iii)LESS COST OF
SEARCHING FOR CHOICE
iv)SYMBOL OF QUALITY
V)SYMBOLIC DEVICE
i)MEANS OF
COMPETATIVE
ADVANTAGE
ii)LEGAL PROTECTION
OF PRODUCT FEATURES
iii)SATISFIED
CUSTOMERS
iv)MEANS OF PROFIT
6. OBJECTIVES OF BRAND
To establish an identity for the product or a group of
products.
To protect the product or service legally for its unique
features.
To acquire place for the product in consumers’ minds
for high and consistent quality.
To persuade the consumer to buy the product by
promising to serve their needs in a unique way.
To create and send the message of strong reliable
business among consumers
7. ELEMENTS OF A BRAND
Name
Logo
Tone
Jingle
Packaging
Characters
Sounds
Slogan
8. FUNCTIONS OF A BRAND
Distinctiveness
Publicity
Protection of Goods
Consumer Protection
Wide Market
Customer Loyalty
10. BRAND MANAGEMENT
Brand management is an art of creating a brand and
maintaining it. It is nothing but developing a promise to
the consumer, materializing that promise, and maintaining
the same for a product, a group of products, or services.
Brand management helps to manage the tangible and
intangible characteristics of a brand. A competent Brand
Management includes building brand identity, launching
the brand, and maintaining the brand position in the
market. Brand management builds and maintains the
corporate image of a business.
11. ELEMENTS OF BRAND MANAGEMENT
Brand Identity
Brand Image
Brand positioning
Brand Personality
Brand equity
Brand Experience
Brand Differentiation
Brand Communication
Brand Gap
Brand Extension
16. Identifying/defining your most important Customers
Understanding what motivates your customers and what
could cause them to choose your brand over your
competitors’ brands
Carefully selecting a brand position that could provide
your organization with marketplace advantages
Translating that position to a strong and consistent brand
identity.
17. Developing brand messaging including an elevator
speech
Educating employees about the brand promise, elevator
speech and identity standards and giving them the
incentives, tools and training to become effective brand
champions
Developing an integrated launch and ongoing marketing
plan
Reinforcing your brand’s promise at each point
of customer contact
Measuring the ongoing equity of the brand and making
adjustments as necessary
19. BRAND MANAGEMENT RESPONSABILTIES
Monitor, measure and manage brand equity/strength
Increase brand awareness, relevant differentiation, value,
accessibility and emotional connection
Develop brand plan
Monitor progress against brand plan
Be responsible for results against brand plan
Drive brand understanding and support throughout the
organization
20. Champion/drive initiatives that support delivery of the
brand promise
Brand messaging – elevator speech, tagline, campaign
themes, proof points, etc.
Manage the brand architecture
Maintain brand identity consistency
Chair the brand identity council/team/board
Help determine identities for new brands/sub-brands
Anticipate and accommodate new brand identity needs
21.
22. BRAND MARK
The brand mark is a design element, such as a symbol (e.g.,
Nike swoosh ), logo (e.g., Yahoo! graphic), a character
(e.g., Keebler elves) or even a sound (e.g., Intel inside
sound), that provides visual or auditory recognition for
Aspect or element (such as color, design, picture, symbol,
typeface) of a brand that cannot be expressed in words.
23.
24. TRADE MARK
It is a brand or a part of brand which is given legal
protection because it is capable of exclusive appropriation.
The official definition of a trademark is “any word, name,
symbol or device including, but not limited to, a distinctive
package or container of any kind, or any combination of
these, used by a person to identify and distinguish the
goods of that person, including a unique product, from
those manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the
source of the goods, even if that source is unknown
25. TYPES OF BRANDS
TYPES OF
BRAND
PERSONAL
BRAND
INDIVIDUAL
BRAND FAMILY BRAND
27. PERSONAL BRAND
The personal brand attached with individual personality
It explains the character of the particular popular celebrity
INDIVIDUAL BRAND
Individual branding, also called individual product branding
or multi branding, is the marketing strategy of giving each
product in a portfolio its own unique brand name
This facilitates the positioning of each product, by allowing
a firm to position its brands differently.
For Eg:Dove
28. FAMILY BRANDING
Family branding is a marketing strategy that involves
selling several related products under one brand name.
Family branding is also known as umbrella branding.
It contrasts with individual product branding, in which
each product in a portfolio is given a unique brand name
and identity.
For Eg: TATA CAR, SALT, DOCOMA(sim)
29. BRANDING DECISIONS
A combination of Name, Term, Sign, Symbol or Design
Intended to identify the Goods, or Services of seller or
group of sellers and to differentiate them from the
competition. Branding consists of a set of complex
branding decisions. Major brand strategy decisions
involve brand positioning, brand name selection, brand
sponsorship and brand development.
WHEN?
WHERE ?
WHY?
WHO?
HOW ?
30.
31. SELECTING A BRAND NAME
The brand name is a very important brand element,
and may heavily influence the way a brand perform.
Brand Names are the key Brand Equity generators
because they affect recall and recognition
Selecting a brand name is crucial part of branding
32. Features of Brand Name
It should be unique / distinctive
It should be extendable.
It should be easy to pronounce, identified and
memorized.
It should give an idea about product’s qualities and
benefits
It should be easily convertible into foreign
languages.
It should be capable of legal protection and
registration