3. Brand Equity
Brand equity principles
Brand equity describes the value of having a well-known
brand name.
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Principles of brand equity
The value premium that a company realizes from a
product with a recognizable name as compared to its
generic equivalent.
Companies can create brand equity for their products
By making them memorable, easily recognizable and superior in
quality and reliability.
By developing values and emotions attached to their products
By developing Mass marketing campaigns
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5. Brand Equity
Principles of brand equity
The value premium that a company realizes from a
product with a recognizable name as compared to its
generic equivalent.
Companies can create brand equity for their products
By making them memorable, easily recognizable and superior in
quality and reliability.
By developing values and emotions attached to their products
By developing Mass marketing campaigns
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Negative brand equity
If consumers are willing to pay more for a generic product
than for a branded one, the brand is said to have negative
brand equity.
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Negative brand equity
Negative brand equity might
happen if a company had a
major product recall or
caused a widely publicized
environmental disaster.
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Importance of brand equity
Financial results
Sales predictability
Price premium
Attract investors
Umbrella effect:
When a company wants to expand its product line, if the
brand's equity is positive, customers will more likely buy the
new product by associating it with the existing successful
brand.
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Brand Equity can be measured at the
Firm level
Product level
Consumer level
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Firm Level Measurement
Firm level approaches measure the brand as a financial
asset.
In short, a calculation is made regarding how much the
brand is worth as an intangible asset.
Cf. Interbrand annual ranking
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Product Level Measurement
The classic product level brand measurement example
is to compare the price of a no-name (generic) or
private label product to an "equivalent" branded
product.
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Product Level Measurement
The difference in price, assuming all things equal, is due to
the brand.
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Consumer Level Measurement
This approach seeks to measure 3 dimensions of
brand equity:
1. Awareness
2. brand image
3. Customer loyalty
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Consumer Level Measurement
Awareness
the extent to which a brand is recognized by potential
customers, and is correctly associated with a particular
product category.
Brand image
This approach seeks to map the mind of the consumer to find
out what associations with the brand the consumer has.
Brand loyalty
A consumer's commitment to repurchase or otherwise
continue using the brand, or other positive behaviors such as
word of mouth advocacy.
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Measures of Brand Awareness
Aided Awareness - When asked about a product category,
if the consumer is aided with a list of company names and
he recognizes the company from the given set it is
categorized as aided awareness.
Spontaneous awareness - When asked about a product
category, the consumers are asked to list brands they know
without any cues.
Top of the mind Awareness - It’s the first brand name listed by
the consumers when asked to name brands they know without
any cues.
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Brand Image
Brand image is the consumers’ perception about the brand.
It can be defined as a unique bundle of associations within
the minds of target customers.
It signifies what the brand presently stands for.
It is a set of beliefs held about a specific brand.
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Brand Image
Definition: A unique set of associations in the minds
of customers concerning what a brand stands for and
the implied promises the brand makes.
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Brand Image Components
Visual associations: What customer see about the brand
Mental associations: What customers think about the brand
Product and attributes: (design, functionalities, quality, category,
industry, etc.)
Usage imagery: when, where, how we use the product (e.g. it evoke
sports, holidays, week-ends, etc.)
Personality of the brand (e.g. sophisticated (Chanel), rugged (The North
Face), etc.
Emotional associations: What customers feels when in contact
with the brand
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Brand Image Components
Visual associations:
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Round shaped spectacles and a stickGolden Arches & Ronald
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Positive Emotions and moods
Good
Safe
Trust
Inspired
Belonging
Admired
Superior
Belonging
Self-confident
Express my personality
Aesthetic
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Trendy
“First” in things
Influential over others
Efficient
Comfortable
Generous
Gratified
Pride
Smart
Imaginative
Enchantment
Etc.
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Consumer Level Measurement
Brands with high levels of awareness and strong,
favorable and unique associations are high equity
brands.
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1. Measuring Brand AWARENESS
Can a customer spontaneously recall your brand?
Awareness is measured for a Category of product
Product category: A product category is all the products offering the
same general functionality
Unaided Awareness
Aided Awareness
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Unaided awareness is captured via an open-ended question.
Example of unaided awareness:
Please Name all the brands of [Category of Product] you can
think of.
E.g. General category: bags; Sub-categories women bags, men bags,
children bags, outdoor bags, city bags, school bags, etc., fashion
clothes, shoes, cars, beverages, etc.
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Example Top of Mind awareness:
What is the first brand that comes to your mind when you
think of [Product category] women bags?
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Aided Awareness
Aided awareness provides a pick list from which respondents
can choose the brands they are aware of.
This list must be randomized and be in a multiple response
format where they can select any or all brands they have
awareness of.
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Example Aided Awareness
Which of the following bottled water brands have you heard of?
(Select all that apply)
Aquafina
Dasani
SmartWater
My Brand
Fiji
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2. Measuring Brand ASSOCIATIONS
Example 1- Brand Associations
The following question can be open or aided (with a list of
attributes proposed to respondent)
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Questions can start with the general perception of the brand:
When you think of Nike, What comes to your mind?
What does Nike means to you?
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…and continue with more focus questions:
Product attributes
What does the air pocket evoke to you?
Usage imagery
When would you use Nike? (ask for occasions and moods)
Brand personality
If Nike were a person, what would its personality be like?
Feelings and experience
If I say Nike, what kind of feeling does it evoke?
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2. Measuring Brand Association
Example 2 – Brand Associations
Which of the following attributes do you associate with [brand]?
Affordable
Fun
Safe
Dependable
Modern
Stylish
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Easy to Use
Essential
Powerful
Other Popular
None of these
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Brand Personality
The Five Dimensions of Brand Personality by Jennifer Aaker (1997) is a
framework to describe and measure the “personality” of a brand in five
core dimensions, each divided into a set of facets. It is a model to
describe the profile of a brand by using an analogy with a human being.
Sincerity (down-to-earth, honest, wholesome, cheerful)
Excitement (daring, spirited, imaginative, up-to-date)
Competence (reliable, intelligent, successful)
Sophistication (upper class, charming)
Ruggedness (outdoorsy, tough)
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Example of question used for Brand Personality
Overall, I think that Nike is down to earth
Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Agree
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3. Measuring Brand LOYALTY
Customer loyalty is made up of 3 components
① Intention to purchase and repurchase
② Recommendation
③ Satisfaction
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Intention to purchase and repurchase
How likely are you to buy brand X?
Very likely – Rather Likely – Don’t know – Rather not likely - not likely
at all
When is the last time you bought brand X?
Last week- 1 month ago – 3 month ago – 6 months ago – 1 year ago
Are you willing to buy again? When?
Very likely – Rather Likely – Don’t know – Rather not likely - not likely
at all
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