Understand the terms marketers use when discussing brands. These will not only teach you the language but give you a better perspective on brand marketing.
Brand associations are the mental connections between a brand and people, places, things, and emotions. These associations may turn people to or away from your brand. Being mindful and strategic about them will build brand equity efficiently.
Intermediation, or letting other businesses get in the way of customers, can build a brand but put it in a poor strategic position. A middleman or an intermediary is someone with a business interest in taking a product, service or message from another business and delivering it to a customer. Read more…
A vertical branding strategy strives for better products, while horizontal branding strategy pushes for different. Vertical Branding Strategy Horizontal Branding Strategy I visualize it as cartesian access (see below). The vertical access, i.e. the y-axis, is the quality of the product which is generally the same as the cost. The Read more…
Brand marketing is an approach to communications, sales, product, and service that grows the asset of brand equity. You may be asking: The idea that every company needs a logo is nearly universal. The logo is close to the first thing on the to-do list for an entrepreneur. But have Read more…
The definition of brand identity (or corporate identity): the collection of designs that represent an organization to customers. You may be asking: Brand Identity is what designers contribute to the brand. As long as there have been marketplaces to sell goods, there has been a need differentiate offerings from other Read more…
Negative Brand Equity Let’s get theoretical. Brand equity means the monetary value of a brand. Brand equity breaks down into brand awareness (how many people know about a brand) and brand depth (how valuable those people are to the organization.) These numbers multiply together, so if one were negative, the Read more…
Brand Awareness definition noun. 1. the number of people who know about an organization, person, product or concept. “the brand awareness of Coca-cola is high; you would be hard-pressed to find a person who has never heard of Coke.” What is Brand Awareness? Brand awareness is the number of Read more…
The Brand Cycle is a helpful framework for your customers’ journey through your brand. Executive Summary | Abstract | TL;DR The Brand Cycle is a model of a customers journey with a brand. The Brand Cycle has the phases: Impression, Evaluation, Purchase, Learning, Use, Re-Evaluation and Leaving. Customers can choose Read more…
Brand Dilution definition verb.1. making a brand have less meaning via overextension.“There is brand dilution when the Star Wars brand is on a dog collar.” What is Brand Dilution? Executive Summary | Abstract | TL;DR Brand dilution happens when a brand loses its value from excessive use. Value is lost Read more…
Visual Language definition /ˈviZH(o͞o)əl/ /ˈlaNGɡwij/ noun. a consistent aesthetic, both overall and in details, between a family of products. “the Mazda 3 share a visual language with the Shinari concept car.” synonyms: design language, visual vocabulary What is Visual Language / Design Language / Visual Vocabulary? Visual language is Read more…
