...STRONG BRANDS How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR Student: Daniela Yasenova Baeva Supervisor: Professor Doctor Arnaldo Fernandes Matos Coelho May, 2011 Master Thesis in Marketing STRONG BRANDS – How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity: THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR 1 ABSTRACT In a world of global competition that we are living nowadays, brands are each time more used by companies as a strategy to create value and differentiation and this way to be one step ahead of their rivals. A "brand" is the result of the recognition and the personal attachment that forms in the hearts and minds of the customers through their accumulated experience with that “brand”. These experiences contribute to increased consumer trust and loyalty and allow building strong relationships with the “brand”. By this way, “brands” promote the increase of shareholder value and establish a long-term advantage in the marketplace for organisations. Companies recognise that strong brands are and have been historically associated with accelerated revenue growth and improved returns to shareholders. That is why, each time more organisations focus their strategies on building powerful brands as they represent competitive advantage and they are a key success factor in creating value to the customer and at the same time value to the company. In this regard, this study intends to show how effective brand strategy...
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...EVALUATION OF A MARKETING STRATEGY THAT WOULD GIVE WHITE HORSE WHISKY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Name Institution Instructor’s name Course Date Literature Review According to Merchlewicz different beverage businesses adopt varying marketing strategies depending on the different target results (2011). The alcoholic market experiences different patterns with every coming year, and this has a major effect on the resolutions of various marketing departments. Leading alcoholic beverage producers’ is convenience and increase in the product demand. The current market patterns push various beverage companies to invest huge finances to increase their sales opportunities (Spandern 2014). The market is particularly faced by intense competition that has seen numerous brands decline and even others facing withdrawal from the market. Generally, the strategy to increase market share gains favour from most companies. Branding efforts are crucial as they promote strategic planning of various businesses. Sankrusme also argues in support of the existing competition in the beer market and in particular discusses the Thailand market (2011). In the recent past there has been a high rate of expansion in the beer market, a situation that caused a number of entrepreneurs to venture into the business. The new businesses used different marketing strategies to gain a competitive advantage in the market. The author identifies that the Carlsberg beer used...
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...Strategy Planning Individual Essay The role of the strategy planner is integral in the development of a successful advertising campaign. However, strategy planning has not always been utilised within advertising. It is a forever expanding and important field within the communications industry. Through the strategy planner’s research and advanced knowledge of the brand, they are able to offer invaluable insight into the brand. Sequentially giving the client a reason to retain the firm as a business partner. Effective strategy planning requires a number of exhaustive research methods. Without it, a strategy planner cannot fully understand the brand or what the target audience demands. From this research, the creative team is able to design a campaign, which communicates exactly what is required to the desired target audience. However, all fields related to the media are constantly changing. The exponential growth in technology makes strategic planning difficult and challenging, but when utilised correctly can achieve great results. Strategy planning was originally developed in the late 1970’s in the UK and was later imported to the USA in the early 1980’s (Alex Campbell, 2013). Before this the roles were split up between two different agencies; the creative agency, which came up with the communication ideas and the media agency, which planned and purchased the appropriate media (Roles of Account Management and Strategic Planning. 2013). The split eventually made it apparent...
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...5 Major Product Communication Strategies Used In International Marketing by Smriti Chand Marketing Some of the important product communication strategies used in international marketing are as follows: A product can be marketed abroad only with the help of a communication strategy, which is what conveys the promotional theme to consumers abroad, allowing them to form perceptions about the product, spelling out, in turn, the quantitative and qualitative sales for the manufacturers. Keegan has identified five major product communication strategies, international marketers can chose from to convey the message to customers in different foreign markets. Companies can pursue three strategies to penetrate foreign markets. Some firms will simply adopt the same product or communication strategy used in their home market. This is extension. Other companies prefer to adapt their strategy to the local marketplace. This strategy of adaptation enables the firm to cater to the needs and wants of its foreign customers. A third alternative is to adopt an invention strategy, where products are designed from scratch for the international marketplace. These three basic strategies can be extended into five strategic options which are as follows: Strategic Option 1: Product and Communications Extension – Dual Extension: At one extreme, a company might choose to market a standardized product using a uniform communications strategy. Early entrants in the international arena will often opt for...
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...Levi Strauss and Co.: Creating a Sub-Brand 1. How would you characterize Levi’s branding strategy in general? What are the positive aspects? Are there any negative aspects? Branding strategy according to businessdictionary.com- the long-term marketing support for a brand, based on the definition of the characteristics of the target consumers. It includes understanding of their preferences, and expectations of the brand. Regarding Levi’s specifically, the case discusses that the branding strategy is identifying the quality of the clothing itself. Key words such as durable, dependable, and quality are often words used throughout the marketing campaigns. Generally speaking, they are simply targeting almost any category: rich, poor, etc. Although no company is perfect, I do believe that there are no significantly negative aspects about Levi’s branding strategy. 2. Analyze the Dockers communication strategy at the time of the launch. How did it fit in with past Levi’s advertisement efforts? How did it contribute to brand equity? Communication strategy according to epa.gov- Should include: outlining the objective/goals of the communication, identify key stakeholders, define key messages, and specify the mechanisms that will be used to obtain feedback on the strategy. Brand equity according to investopedia.com- the value premium that a company realizes from a product with a recognizable name as compared to its generic equivalent. At the time of the launch...
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...The Course Project: An Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Campaign Plan The Course Comprises 4 Deliverables: Week 1: Topic Proposal Form Week 4: Course Project Outline Week 7: Final Report Week 8: PowerPoint Presentation The 4 Key Objectives of this Project: 1. Demonstrate a good understanding of a typical marketing problem, through a clear identification of the problem and careful analysis 2. Application of marketing concepts associated with the marketing mix, branding and communications 3. Provision of implementation steps that are sufficiently clear and detailed for effective execution (- would your plan work?) 4. Presentation of your work in clear, compelling and relevant documents The Course Project The course project will involve you in developing an integrated marketing communications (IMC) plan for a brand of your choice. Integrating marketing communications entails identifying a brand message and then conveying that brand message through a series of touch points that are relevant to the target customer. The figure presented in the Week 1 lecture captures the steps involved in developing an IMC plan—the brand is the central concern around which the IMC plan is developed. Early in the process, we establish who the customer is, what the customer wants, where the customer is, and then we think about how we will reach the customer in the space they are in, with what message, and which media. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A MARKETING PLAN...
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...information costs and raises quality. 4 Richness Multimedia and information can become vivid. Abstract This paper is intended to integrate Internet Marketing, Customer Experience, E-brand and Integrated Marketing Communications to develop a high benefits Internet Marketing Framework. This framework not only can combine marketing resources effectively, let enterprises obtain the greatest benefits; it also provides total consumer experience and increase customer satisfaction. On the other hand, this making a more successful customer relationship management and customer experience on internet marketing can be achieved. Furthermore, we make the application of internet marketing will be more extensive and convenient. Keywords: Internet Marketing, Customer Experience, E-brand, Integrated Marketing Communications. 3. Integrated Marketing Communications ntegrated Marketing Communications (IMC) is capable of enhancing the holistic consumer experience and creating a holistic brand value structure, which can unite the consumer’s sensory, emotion, social and intellectual experiences. ( Don,Rober,Stanley,1994,Don,Heidi,2004,Chen -linChen,2004,Shu-peiTsai,2005 ): (1) Put consumers in core of marketing strategy. (2) Pay much attention to Brand strategies. (3)Establish long-term relationship between enterprise or brand and consumers. (4)Using more information technologies be marketing tools. (5) Integrate...
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...Marketing Strategy Template Research Tempess Barnett, Jennifer Bautch, Laura Bentem, Shana Estabrooks, Kenisha Sulker HCS/490- Health Care Consumer Trends & Marketing April 18, 2016 Dan Crawley Marketing Strategy Template Research Introduction (Tempess) Marketing & Communication Strategy Templates SWOT analysis is a situational assessment that can be used for marketing strategies for a business. SWOT analysis is the breakdown of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats for the business; they are able to utilize this breakdown to their benefit for marketing purposes. Another marketing strategy is Differential Advantage. Differential Advantage is a marketing strategy where an organization focuses on and promotes the benefits or expertise of their organization that other organizations do not have and consumers seek (Berkowitz, 2011). Communication strategies must be used in marketing as well. Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) is a communication strategy that helps shift marketing solely from advertising to multi-media advertisement and consumer promotion for a strategic implementation of their brand or organization while aligning communication and marketing goals (Holm, 2006). Another communication strategy is in Public Relations (PR). Public Relations are the beneficial relationship between an organization and the community it is in. PR can promote the business to the public while also doing analysis of public opinion...
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...responsibility is profitable for a company, but only when the following requirements are met. First the CSR strategy has to be properly motivated, thus the goal of the CSR should not be profit generation. Second the level of trust of customers should be high enough so that customers will not respond skeptical to the CSR strategy. Third the company should be innovative and not be exposed to too much risk. If these requirements are met it is necessary to choose a CSR strategy that fits the brand and to use the right communication strategy. Only then will market value rise as a result of the higher level of customer satisfaction CSR creates. 2 Table of content Chapter 1: Research proposal 1.1 The problem background 1.2 The problem statement 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Academic relevance 1.5 Managerial relevance 1.6 Overview of the rest of the chapters Chapter 2: Corporate social responsibility from the consumer perspective 2.1 Introduction 2.2 CSR and customers Chapter 3: Consumer reactions and attitudes towards trust, communication strategy and fit 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Fit between CSR and brand 3.3 Communication strategy 3.4 Consumer trust and CSR 3.5 Cross-influences Chapter 4: Customer satisfaction 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The direct effect of communication strategy on customer satisfaction 4.3 The indirect effect of communication strategy on customer satisfaction 4.4 The direct effect of brand fit with CSR on customer satisfaction 4.5 The indirect effect of...
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...bags and leather accessories for women. Coach has been able to position itself as a Premium Brand, being its competitive advantage the offering of “affordable luxury products” with a great heritage achieved since their establish date. It’s product offering consist on: handbags, shoes, wallets, wristlets, watches jewellery and outwear for women and bags, wallets, tech belts and outwear for men, with a price range of ₤35 (a key ring) to 2,880 (a handbag). (Coach, 2013) It is a really successful company both in New York and Japan and has recently expanded its distribution channel to Europe (France, UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal) and China. This brand finds an opportunity to sell its products in these countries and so increase its target market and establish close to customers. This internationalisation is achieved by alliances with department stores in the objective countries. Distribution channel or marketing channel: “ Consists of a set of independent business organizations that help make a product available for consumers or business” (Rath et al., 2012). Focusing on Coach’s distribution strategy, the company follows a multi-channel distribution policy. Current year, Coach had over five hundred stores in North America as well as over four hundred sites in Asia-operated by the company- and twenty in Europe. Online distribution is part of Coach’s strategy. The firm sells via website in the United States, Canada, Japan and China. The rest of their...
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...in a given situation is the best way to make them purchase a product. Variables that influence purchasing process: * Risk analysis (financial, psychological, physical, functional) * Implication: importance given by consumer to the purchasing decision * Experience: is consumer used to buying this product * Situation/environment Purchasing Process: Problem Identification ->Information Research ->Evaluation-> Decision Most of the markets are heterogeneous: expectations and behaviours of consumers vary. Segmenting is the action of dividing the market into groups. Segmentation Criteria: * Demographics * Geographical * Social * Lifestyle * Behavior * Advantages Segmentation Strategies: Mass Marketing (commodities), Segmented Marketing, Focused Marketing (audit companies), One-to-One Marketing Positioning - the art of creating a different and...
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...Brand Image in Cola Drinks CASE:Future Cola of Wahaha Group Co.Ltd,China Sun, Jianfei 2010 Laurea Leppävaara Laurea University of Applied Sciences Laurea Leppävaara Brand Image in Cola Drinks CASE: Future Cola of Wahaha Group Co.Ltd,China Jianfei Sun Degree Programme in Business Management Thesis April, 2010 Laurea University of Applied Sciences Laurea Leppävaara Degree Programme in Business Management International Business-to-Business Marketing Abstract Jianfei Sun Brand Image in Cola Drinks; Case: Futre Cola of Wahaha Group Co.Ltd, China Year 2010 Pages 45 In Chinese beverage market, there are three mainly cola brands, Coca cola, Pepsi and Future Cola, these three brand share almost 90% cola market, so that competition is omnipresent ,not only in the consumer market, but also very intensive in business to business market. Business-to-business brand building involves various aspects, for example, attributes of products and services, brand image, brand position, and B2B brand management, Wahaha Co., Ltd as a case company need to build brand image and find a solution on how to be a stronger brand in order to attract more potential customer. The theoretical context of this thesis lies in marketing management. The theoretical emphasis and framework is however in brand management: brand concepts, brand building and brand image. As the study is made in B2B environment the difference between B2B and consumer markets will be specified. The quantitative research...
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... 3 2. Corporate communication, Corporate objectives & Branding 4 3. Internal Communication 7 4. External Communication 9 5. Corporate communication Strategies 11 6. Conclusion 13 7. References 14 Introduction Future of an organization will depend on how it is viewed by its key stake holders such as shareholders, customer, investors & employees. It has become one of the core objectives to building, maintaining & protecting the reputation of the company by the corporate communicators, considering the globalization & current financial down turn. Further corporate communication can be consider as a strategic tool for an organization to gain a competitive edge over its rivals. Effective communication is required to achieve the goals of the...
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...International Strategy Table of Contents Introduction …………………………………………………………………………...…. 3 Coca-Cola’s International Strategy ..............................................................……….……. 4 Effective branding…….............................................................................................…….. 4 Quality Production ………...…...……………………………………………...………… 6 Good marketing Strategy……………………………………………………...…..………6 Global availability………………………………………………………………..………..7 Consistent innovation………………………………………………………………...……7 Communication across cultures…………………………………………………...………8 Assessing the environment………………………………………………………..………9 Interdependence Social Responsibility and Ethics……………………..……….……….11 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………….…….….….10 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………..................10 Introduction Managers of multinational organisations need to be able to manage businesses internationally. One needs to possess knowledge and skills beyond those of usual business expertise to be in a position to manage at the international level. For instance, managers in multinational firms are required to understand the various regulations in the countries in which the organisation operates. They also need to understand the values and customs, as well as the laws in the various societies in different countries. The ability to execute transactions in various nations is also essential. Communication is of...
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...tourism and hospitality business are involving more and more in promotional activities. The tourism and hospitality organization is shifting from traditional marketing procedures. They are using more advanced marketing tools and techniques to capture value from the customer. After completing this report, the writer is knowledgeable of understanding marketing strategies and other marketing communication strategies for building customer relationship in order to capture value from them. Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 4 Hotel Cafe Royal 4 2 Task-1 Marketing strategies for hospitality and tourism organisations 4 2.1 Marketing strategies for hospitality or tourism sector 4 2.2 Networking and customer relationship marketing strategies for hospitality or tourism organisations 7 2.3 Developing brand identity strategies 9 2.4 E-marketing, Viral and Guerrilla marketing strategies 10 3 Marketing communication strategies for hospitality and tourism organisations 11 3.1 Marketing and customer loyalty strategies for hospitality or tourism organisation 11 3.2 Marketing communications strategies 13 4 Recommendation and Conclusion 14 5 References 14 * Introduction Marketing is a process by which a tourism and hospitality business generates values for their customer by creating profitable customer relationship in order to capture value from them. In recent years the tourism industry has become one of the prospective sectors in the United Kingdom...
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