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Figure 1: Aaker’s brand equity model Figure 2: Keller’s customer-based brand equity model
Source: Aaker (1991: 270) Source: Keller (2008: 60)
Key Branding Models
Reduced Marketing
Costs
Trade Leverage
Attracting New
Customers
Brand • Create Awareness
Loyalty • Reassurance Provides Values to
Time to Respond to Customers by
Competitive Threats Enhancing Branding Objective
Customer’s: Stages of Brand
Development at Each Stage
Anchor to which •Interpretation/
Other Associations •Processing of
can be Attached Information 4. Relationships Intense,
Brand Familiarity/Liking •Confidence in the What about Resonance active loyalty
Signal of Purchase Decision you and me?
Awareness •Use of Satisfaction
Substance/
Commitment
Brand to be
Considered 3. Response Positive,
What about you? Judgments Feelings accessible
reactions
BRAND Reason-to-Buy
EQUITY Differentiate/Position Provides Values to
Perceived Price Firm by Enhancing: 2. Meaning Points of parity
Channel Member
Quality Interest What are you? Performance Imagery and difference
Extensions •Efficiency and
Effectiveness of
Marketing Programs
•Brand Loyalty
•Prices/Margins Deep, broad
Help Process/ 1. Identity
•Brand Extensions Salience brand awareness
Retrieve Information Who are you?
•Trade Leverage
Brand Reason-to-Buy
•Competitive
Associations Create Positive Advantage
Attitude/Feelings
Extensions
Other
Proprietary Competitive
Advantage
Brand Assets
Figure 1: Aaker’s brand equity model Figure 2: Keller’s customer-based brand equity pyramid
Source: Aaker (1991: 270) Source: Keller (2001: 17)
Key Branding Models
Building brand equity (asset) in
consumers minds
Figure 1: Aaker’s brand equity model Figure 2: Keller’s customer-based brand equity model
Source: Aaker (1991: 270) Source: Keller (2008: 60)
CBBE Model
Short-term insurance
Pure service
Pure product
Airline (flight)
Restaurant
SERVICE
PRODUCT
?
Other Research Questions
• Are the brand-building blocks and sub-
dimensions of brand equity any different for an
owner-buyer to that of a professional (employee)
buyer?
• Which conclusions can be drawn and which
guidelines can be suggested to improve
strategic brand management for B2B services?
Delimitation of Research
• The short-term insurance services industry
• Organisations located within Cape Town
Metropole, South Africa
• B2B service demand-side client
organisations of insurance service
providers
• Owner-buyer (small) and professional
buyer (medium-sized) businesses
Research Design and Methods
Pilot & Study 1 Study 2
Conceptualisation
Sampling
Conceptualisation
Data collection
Sampling
Conceptualisation
Research tactic: Basic qualitative & sample survey: Cross sectional (sample survey)
cross sectional research
Data collection
Sampling