• What makes it different? • What need is the brand fulfilling? • What is its permanent nature? • What are its value or values? • What are the signs which make it recognizable? Brand Identity and Brand Image • Identity is on the sender’s side. Its purpose is to specify the brand’s meaning, aim and self image
• Image is on the receiver’s side. It’s how
groups perceive the brand. Image refers to the way in which groups decode all of the signals emanating from the brand’s products, services and communications Positioning & its Limitations
A brand for what? - brand promise and
consumer benefit • Body Shop is environmentally friendly • VW is reliable A brand for whom? - target aspect • Snapple is a soft drink for adults • Absolute is the vodka for sophistication A brand for when? - occasion when product is consumed • Night belongs to Michelob
A brand against whom? - competitors
• Heineken imported beer also competes with vodka and gin Positioning Process
1. Indicate what category the brand should
be associated with
2. Indicate what the brand’s essential
difference is in comparison to the other brands and products in that category Six Facets of Brand Identity
1. A brand has physical qualities or a
‘physique’ What does it do? What does it look like?
2. A brand has its own personality
Spokesperson or figurehead role What brand would be if it were a person 3. A brand has its own culture Set of values feeding the brand’s inspiration Country of origin
4. A brand has its own relationship
Exchanges between people and brand Service sectors and retailers 5. A brand is a reflection Produces a reflection or image of the buyer or user Different from target the describes brand’s potential buyer or user Customer is reflected as s/he wishes to be seen from using the brand Consumers use brands to built their own identities 6. A brand speaks to our self image Self image is the target’s own internal mirror Attitude toward the brand fosters an inner relationship with self Strategic Brand Analysis