PRODUCT & BRAND
MANAGEMENT
Positioning decisions
Agenda
Strategic Product decisions
Trademarks and
Differentiation
Registration
Positioning
Brand
Role / purpose
Good names
Aaker’s Framework
Equity
Definition, framework,
measure
Extensions
Product differentiation
PerformanceConformance
Form Features
Quality Quality
•size, •characteri •low / •all units are
shape, stics average / identical &
physical supplement high / meet
structure product’s superior promised
basic target
function specification
s
Durability Reliability Repairability Style Design
•expected •product •ease of •produc •integrating
operating will not fixing t’s force
life under malfunctio product looks & •totality of
natural and n / fail that feel features that
/ or within malfunctio affect how
stressful specified ns or fails product looks
conditions time & functions
Services differentiation
Miscellaneous
Ordering
Ordering Customer
Customer
Installation
Installation
Ease Consulting
Services
Ease Consulting
Customer
Customer Maintenance
Maintenance
Delivery
Delivery Training
Training && Repair
Repair
•Ordering •Installation •Customer
ease •Make product consulting
•Delivery operational •Data, info
•Speed, systems &
•Customer
accuracy, •Maintenance •Miscellaneous
advising
training
care services
services
& repair
•Instruct •Keep •Find other
on proper products in ways to add
Personnel differentiation
Credibility
Credibility
Competence
Competence Courtesy
Courtesy
Reliability Responsiveness
Reliability ResponsivenessCommunication
Communication
•Competence •Courtesy •Credibility
•Skill & •Friendly, •Trustworthy
knowledge respectful, and
considerate
•Reliability •Responsivene •Communicatio
•Consisten ss n
cy and •Customer •Understand
accuracy requests & customer &
Image differentiation
Atmosphere
Media (physical space
(convey firm / in which firm
•Identity
produces / To identify or
brand
personality) delivers position itself or
Symbols products)
its product
(logos, objects,
people, colours)
•Image
Public perception of
firm & / its products
Product’s character &
Events value proposition
(sponsorships) Conveys character in
distinctive way [not
confuse with
competition]
Emotional power
Differences worth
establishing
Important
Important
Profitable
Profitable Distinctive
Distinctive
Affordable
Affordable Superior
Superior
Preemptive
Preemptive
Positioning
Design offering and image
To occupy
Distinctive place in
Mind of the target market
Value propositions
Perdue Chicken
Moretender golden chicken at a
moderate premium price
Domino’s
A good hot pizza, delivered to your
door within 30 minutes of ordering, at
a moderate price
Positioning statement:
Mountain Dew
To young, active soft-drink
consumers who have little time for
sleep, Mountain Dew is the soft
drink that gives you more energy
than any other brand because it has
the highest level of caffeine.
And now what
questions do we
have?