Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Presented To:
Mrs. Kausar Jafri
Associate Professor of English
Presented By:
Musaddaq Mahmood
Roll # 053
Section (A)
MBA (Evening)
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Executive Summary
This project is about brand tracking and it will find out the position of Warid Zahi in
the market. In Warid Zahi we check the overall position in the mind of the
consumers. Also evaluate Warid Zahi with respect to its competitors. Tracking an
individual branded product involves measuring brand awareness and image for the
particular brand. In terms of brand awareness, both recall and recognition measures
should be collected the role of brand tracking methodologies is to monitor the health
and the value of your brands. The role of brand tracking methodologies is to monitor
the health and the value of your brands. These are the business equivalent of taking
your temperature or reading your pulse - they can tell you quite reliably (within
statistically-dictated tolerances) whether you are ill or well, and even how ill or how
well. They can also point to certain symptoms. The main feature that people look for
in postpaid connection is best service and performance. With postpaid the main thing
that comes in the mind of customer is billing. The first postpaid & most popular brand
that comes in the mind of customers is Warid Zahi. After the completion and during
the work of this project we will eventually learn about the brand of the Warid which
is at present their big issue and we will end up having better knowledge of the
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Preface:
The final report writing that was assigned to me in “Business Communication” was
to track a brand in the market.
I have carried out this report by following the instructions and guidelines; given by
the resource person. I started off by finding out the position of our product in the
market and carried out a survey by keeping in view the concept of brand equity.
Furthermore I have compared our brand with other competitors in the market and
identified the potential customers of our brand
There was not any difficulty being faced during project except few minor ones like
finding out the target customers of our brand.
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Acknowledgement:
Signature
Musaddaq
Mahmood
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Table of contents
Executive Summary----------------------------------------------------------------02
Preface--------------------------------------------------------------------------------03
Acknowledgement------------------------------------------------------------------04
Introduction to the project----------------------------------------------------------06
Purpose of study---------------------------------------------------------------------06
Tracking Methodology-------------------------------------------------------------07
Sampling technique-----------------------------------------------------------------07
Sample Size--------------------------------------------------------------------------07
Tools used----------------------------------------------------------------------------07
Introduction to the Company------------------------------------------------------08
Introduction to brand tracking-----------------------------------------------------09
What is brand tracking--------------------------------------------------------------09
Role of brand tracking--------------------------------------------------------------09
Tracking Approach------------------------------------------------------------------11
Finding & Analysis-----------------------------------------------------------------12
Consumer Based Brand Equity Elements----------------------------------------16
Brand Awareness & Usage---------------------------------------------------------16
Brand Usage--------------------------------------------------------------------------22
Brand Judgments--------------------------------------------------------------------24
Brand Superiority---------------------------------------------------------------------------27
Brand Consideration----------------------------------------------------------------28
Brand Performance------------------------------------------------------------------29
Brand Resonance--------------------------------------------------------------------34
Consumer Preferences & Profiling-----------------------------------------------36
Major Findings----------------------------------------------------------------------40
Conclusion---------------------------------------------------------------------------40
Recommendations------------------------------------------------------------------41
References---------------------------------------------------------------------------42
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Appendix-----------------------------------------------------------------------------43
Brand Tracking:
Introduction
the market. It will also help out to see where it stands in the markets, what the good
& bad attributes in it and consumer’s liking and disliking regarding Warid Zahi
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Purpose of study:
The basic purpose of study was to measure awareness of Warid Zahi as well as to
check the overall position in the mind of the consumers. Also evaluate Warid Zahi
Tracking Methodology:
Sampling technique:
Sampling”
Sample Size:
The sample size for this study is 50 and all of them belong to different areas of
Lahore and they include only those people who use post paid connections.
Tools used:
• Ms Excel
• Ms Word
Reference Material:
• Internet
Limitations:
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questionnaire
been set up to provide a premium quality GSM services in Pakistan. Wateen Telecom
is also a sister concern of Warid Telecom and they are also operating in Pakistan.
Warid Telecom takes pride in being backed by the Abu Dhabi Group, one of the
largest groups in the Middle East and the single largest foreign investor group in
Pakistan.
has been set up to provide a premium quality GSM service. In less than 4 years,
Warid Telecom had a customer base of over 17,251,369 and operating in over 150
cities across Pakistan, providing quality services to their customers. Warid Telecom's
international presence."
Warid Telecom is presently operating in 150 cities across Pakistan and now at
present their customer base is 17,251,369 (as of February 2009, Source: PTA). Warid
Telecom is the third largest company in Pakistan after Mobilink and Telenor.
Warid Pakistan currently provides both post-paid and pre-paid connection plans.
The post-paid plan is branded and marketed across the country under the name Zahi
Post-paid, which means leader or royalty. The pre-paid segment is branded and
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marketed as Zem Pre-Paid. Zahi-Post-paid and Zem Pre-paid user enjoy various value
added services(VAS), such as SMS, MMS, F&F, GPRS, 64K SIM, Dual SIM
product, Corporate packages for product advertising via SMS, and a host of other
users as of March 2009 at very affordable prices, their international call rates are also
very competitive according to the zones in which they have divided the countries, and
some zones rates are as low as 2 to 4 Rupees. Warid Telecom with low rates to
capture the market with already giants operating the cellular world of Pakistan is the
major task for Warid Telecom major competitor is Mobilink with already about 30
image for the particular brand. In terms of brand awareness, both recall and
move from general to more specific questions thus, it may make sense to first ask
consumers what brand comes to mind in certain situations, to next ask for recall of
brands on the basis of various product categories cues, and to then finish with tests of
brand recognition.
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The role of brand tracking methodologies is to monitor the health and the value of
your brands. These are the business equivalent of taking your temperature or reading
your pulse - they can tell you quite reliably (within statistically-dictated tolerances)
whether you are ill or well, and even how ill or how well. They can also point to
certain symptoms. However, if you want to know how to get better, you may have to
There are at least six ways of tracking your brand health (in order of increasing cost):
centers, eBusiness, public relations etc.) on the overall health of your brands
6. Developing a business scorecard that can track all inputs to the financial
results of the company, and the performance of branding within that total
business mix
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Tracking Approach:
To track our brand “WARID ZAHI” we have used the following dimensions of
• Brand Judgments
• Brand Performance
• Brand Imagery
• Brand Feelings
• Brand Resonance
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Cumulative
Parameter Frequency Percent Valid Percent
Percent
Interpretation:
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The above table and graph shows that the main thing those consumers look for in post
• 36 % of the respondents think that best service is the feature they look for
• 34 % of the respondents think that best performance is the feature they look
• 16 % of the respondents think that cost effective is the feature they look for
When you think of a post paid connection; what is the main thing that comes in
to your mind:
I) Status II) Billing III) Cost effective
IV) Variety of Packages
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Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Interpretation:
The above table and graph shows that; with post paid, the main thing that comes in to
• 46% respondents think that billing is the main thing that comes first in to their
• 20% respondents think that status is the main thing that comes first in to their
• 18% respondents think that cost effective is the main thing that comes first in
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• 16% respondents think that variety of packages is the main thing that comes
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Brand Recall:
When you think of a post paid connection; which brand comes first in
your mind?
Here is the frequency table of their answers. Majority of the respondents said
Warid Zahi as the first brand that comes in to their mind when they think of
post paid connections.
Brand comes first in your mind
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
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Interpretation:
The above table and graph shows that most of the people think that Warid Zahi is the
brand that comes first in to their minds when they think of a postpaid connection.
• 40% of the respondents think that Warid Zahi is the brand that comes first in
• 36% of the respondents think that Mobilink Indigo is the brand that comes
• 12% of the respondents think that Ufone Postpay is the brand that comes first
• 8% of the respondents think that Telenor Persona is the brand that comes
• 4% of the respondents think that Zong Postpaid is the brand that comes first
Medium of awareness:
How did you come to know about Warid Zahi:
I) TV II) Billboard/Banner III) Newspaper/Magazine
IV) Radio V) Friends/Family
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Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Interpretation:
The above table and graph shows that majority of the people got awareness
regarding Zahi through TV,
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Brand recognition:
Later we asked them question regarding brand recognition which states that:
Interpretation:
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The above table and graph shows that; most of the respondents have spelled correctly,
all the brand names. This shows that the awareness level is satisfactory among the
target audience. Most of the respondents have correctly spelled Warid Zahi as
compared to other brand names and on the other hand Zong postpaid is the most un
known brand name.
Please enter the serial number of each company under its logo:
1) Mobilink 2) Warid 3)Ufone 4) Telenor 5) Zong
Interpretation:
The above table and graph shows that most of the respondents know and aware about
the logos of the companies of postpaid. There are only six questionnaires where the
serial number of the logos was not entered correctly, rest 92% of the respondents
have correctly entered the serial number of the logos. Which shows that the
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Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Interpretation:
The above table and graph shows that majority among our respondents is using Warid
Zahi. Other than those there is a majority of the people who don’t know about
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packages of Zahi but still they have heard its name. There are only 4 % people who
Brand Judgments
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
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Brand Credibility:
Total 50 100.0
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Brand Superiority:
Which brand is most popular among post paid brands?
i) Mobilink Indigo ii) Warid Zahi iii) Ufone Postpay
iv) Telenor Persona v) Zong Postpaid
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
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Users of Zahi
Who use Warid Zahi:
i) Status Conscious People
ii) Cost Conscious People
iii) Business People
iv) Poor People
Users of Warid Zahi
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Total 50 100.0
Interpretation:
The above table and graph shows the opinion of the respondents regarding its users. It
says that the majority of the users of Zahi include cost conscious people and business
people. Then 18% people think that users of Zahi are status conscious people where
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Brand Resonance
Brand Loyalty:
If new brand of post paid connections come in to market (by any other
company); will you switch to it:
i) Yes ii) May be iii) No
You will switch from Zahi
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Interpretation:
The above table and graph shows that only 28 % of their target audience is loyal to
the company that is they will not switch to the other companies and options available
by the passage of time. However a huge portion of people which is around 46% of the
total respondents say that they may shift to the new company after seeing packages
and benefits available. There are only 24% people who think that they will shift to
another company if any available in future. So Warid has improve its overall product
more and try to attract the rest 72% of people and try to attract them.
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Count
Occupation
Mobilink Indigo 8 4 2 14
Warid Zahi 10 12 2 24
Brand comes first in your
Ufone Postpay 3 3 0 6
mind
Telenor Persona 1 2 1 4
Zong Postpaid 1 1 0 2
Total 29 16 5 50
Interpretation:
The above table shows that among respondents the very first brand that comes in to
their mind is Warid Zahi; especially it appeals to the student community. The second
brand is Mobilink indigo which also appeals more to students as well as business
class. Ufone postpay and Zong postpay are the one that does not appeal to the
According to over survey the major target market of Zahi would be students as well
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Age Group
Less than 20 yrs 21 yrs to 25 yrs 26 yrs to 30 yrs 31 yrs to 35 yrs Above 35 years Total
Mobilink Indigo 3 4 4 1 2 14
Warid Zahi 3 14 2 4 1 24
Ufone Postpay 1 3 0 1 1 6
Telenor Persona 0 2 0 1 1 4
Zong Postpaid 1 0 0 1 0 2
Total 8 23 6 8 5 50
Interpretation:
The above table shows that the target audience belongs to the age group of 21-25 yrs.
Mobilink Indigo Warid Zahi Ufone Postpay Telenor Persona Zong Postpaid Total
Student 10 16 1 0 2 29
Business 7 7 0 2 0 16
Employeed 2 3 0 0 0 5
Total 19 26 1 2 2 50
Interpretation:
The above table shows that the most popular brand among the target audience is
Warid Zahi. After Zahi its indigo which is following. Zahi is also most popular
among students.
Major Findings:
1. The main feature that people look for in postpaid connection is best service
and performance.
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2. With postpaid the main thing that comes in the mind of customer is billing.
3. The mostly postpaid & most popular brand that comes in the mind of
4. Overall the awareness level regarding Warid and Warid Zahi is high.
Conclusion:
1. Overall brand reputation is good
4. Students and business people are the main segments for Warid Zahi
Recommendations:
Here are a few recommendations for Warid Zahi:
they should maintain their service as well as best performance so that they
can, not only retain their current customers but as there are a lot of potential
• They should properly workout a proper awareness plan for the consumers so
that the minor mistakes which are highlighted through this survey would not
be repeated.
• They should take proper feedback from customer about their brand and
service quality.
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References:
These are the references which helped us in collecting data and complete this project:
Book
Chapter 02, 08
URLS
http://www.waridtel.com
http://www.mudvalley.co.uk/collateral/content/20.htm
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Appendix:
Questionnaire
I am student of MBA at IBA, University of Punjab Lahore and I am conducting
a survey regarding brand tracking of Warid Zahi. Your valuable information
& cooperation will be highly appreciated.
Q2 When you think of a post paid connection; what is the main thing that
comes in to your mind:
i) Status ii) Billing iii) Cost
effective
iv) Variety of Packages
Q3 When you think of a post paid connection; which brand comes first in your
mind:
i) Mobilink Indigo ii) Warid Zahi iii) Ufone Postpay
iv) Telenor Persona v) Zong Postpaid
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Q6 Monthly how much do you spend for talking on mobile phone (in Rupees):
i) Les than 200 ii) 201 - 500 iii) 501 - 1000
iv) 1001- 1500 v) More than 1500
Q7 Please enter the serial number of each company under its logo:
1) Mobilink 2) Warid 3)Ufone 4) Telenor 5) Zong
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S.D. D. N. A. S.A.
Sincerity
Down to earth 1 2 3 4 5
Honest 1 2 3 4 5
Wholesome 1 2 3 4 5
Cheerful 1 2 3 4 5
Excitement
Daring 1 2 3 4 5
Spirited 1 2 3 4 5
Imaginative 1 2 3 4 5
Up to date 1 2 3 4 5
Competence
Reliable 1 2 3 4 5
Intelligent 1 2 3 4 5
Successful 1 2 3 4 5
Sophistication
Upper class 1 2 3 4 5
Charming 1 2 3 4 5
Ruggedness
Outdoorsy 1 2 3 4 5
Tough 1 2 3 4 5
Q17 Please rank the Post paid connections according to the following scale:
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Q23 If new brand of post paid connections come in to market (by any other
company); will you switch to it:
i) Yes ii) May be iii) No
Personal Profile:
Q25 Your Name: ______________________________________
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Musaddaq Mahmood
THANK YOU!
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