Strategic Brand Management: Building, Measuring, and Managing Brand Equity

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STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT

BUILDING, MEASURING, AND MANAGING


BRAND EQUITY

Kevin Lane Keller

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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.

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New Branding Challenges
 Brands are important as ever
 Consumer need for simplification
 Consumer need for risk reduction
 Brand management is as difficult as ever
 Savvy consumers
 Increased competition
 Decreased effectiveness of traditional marketing
tools and emergence of new marketing tools
 Complex brand and product portfolios

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The Customer/Brand Challenge

 In this difficult environment, marketers must


have a keen understanding of:
 customers
 brands
 the relationship between the two

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The Concept of Brand Equity
 The brand equity concept stresses the importance
of the brand in marketing strategies.
 Brand equity is defined in terms of the marketing
effects uniquely attributable to the brand.
 Brand equity relates to the fact that different outcomes result in
the marketing of a product or service because of its brand name,
as compared to if the same product or service did not have that
name.

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The Concept of
Customer-Based Brand Equity

 Customer-based brand equity


 Differential effect
 Customer brand knowledge
 Customer response to brand marketing

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Determinants of
Customer-Based Brand Equity

 Customer is aware of and familiar with the brand


 Customer holds some strong, favorable, and
unique brand associations in memory

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Building
Customer-Based Brand Equity
 Brand knowledge structures depend on . . .
 The initial choices for the brand elements
 The supporting marketing program and the
manner by which the brand is integrated into it
 Other associations indirectly transferred to the
brand by linking it to some other entities

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Benefits of
Customer-Based Brand Equity
 Enjoy greater brand loyalty, usage, and affinity
 Command larger price premiums
 Receive greater trade cooperation & support
 Increase marketing communication effectiveness
 Yield licensing opportunities
 Support brand extensions.

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Customer-Based Brand Equity
as a “Bridge”

 Customer-based brand equity represents


the “added value” endowed to a product
as a result of past investments in the
marketing of a brand.
 Customer-based brand equity provides
direction and focus to future marketing
activities

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The Key to Branding

 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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Strategic Brand Management
 Strategic brand management involves the
design and implementation of marketing
programs and activities to build, measure, and
manage brand equity.
 The strategic brand management process is
defined as involving four main steps:
1) Identifying and establishing brand positioning and
values
2)  Planning and implementing brand marketing
programs
3)  Measuring and interpreting brand performance
4)  Growing and sustaining brand equity

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Strategic Brand Management Process

STEPS KEY CONCEPTS


Mental maps
Identify and Establish Competitive frame of reference
Brand Positioning and Values Points-of-parity and points-of-difference
Core brand values
Brand mantra

Plan and Implement Mixing and matching of brand elements


Brand Marketing Programs Integrating brand marketing activities
Leveraging of secondary associations

Brand Value Chain


Measure and Interpret Brand audits
Brand Performance Brand tracking
Brand equity management system

Brand-product matrix
Grow and Sustain Brand portfolios and hierarchies
Brand Equity Brand expansion strategies
Brand reinforcement and revitalization

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