Building a Powerful Brand Architecture Strategy

A robust brand architecture strategy helps marketers (mkrs) determine which products and services to introduce, and which brand names, logos, and symbols to apply to new and existing offerings.

Main Roles of Brand Architecture

  • To Clarify Brand Awareness: Improve customer understanding of the offerings.
  • To Improve Brand Image: Maximize the transfer of equity across products.

Three Steps to Develop an Effective Strategy

To successfully execute a brand architecture strategy, marketers should utilize brand

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Core Marketing Strategy, Mix (4Ps), and Consumer Behavior Fundamentals

Marketing Foundations: Definitions & Mix (4Ps)

  • Marketing: Process of creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value.
  • Needs vs. Wants: Needs are basic requirements; Wants are specific desires shaped by culture and marketing.
  • Exchange: Buyer/seller trade that satisfies both parties.
  • Marketing Plan: Document outlining situational analysis, mission/objectives, strategy, tactics, and evaluation.
  • CRM (Customer Relationship Management): Building and maintaining profitable
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Essential Marketing Concepts and Strategic Frameworks

Defining Marketing

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits them and sells itself. Marketing is a contest for people’s attention; it is what you do, not what you say.

The Marketing Mix (4 P’s)

The traditional Marketing Mix consists of:

  • Product
  • Price
  • Promotion
  • Placement

Evolution: The strategic combination now emphasizes Client Service and Client Orientation.

Neuromarketing and Branding

Neuromarketing is based on brain functions:

  • New Brain (Thinks)
  • Mid Brain
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Essential Concepts and Metrics in Advertising Media Planning

The Core Function of Media Planning in Advertising

Media planning involves determining the most effective way to deliver advertising messages to the right audience through the right media channels.

Key Functions of Media Planning

  • Identifying target audience based on demographic, psychographic, and behavioral factors.
  • Selecting appropriate media channels such as TV, print, digital, or outdoor.
  • Deciding on timing and frequency to maximize impact.
  • Allocating budget effectively across media platforms.
  • Maximizing
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Consumer Behavior: Definitions, Attention, and Data Ethics

Definitions of Consumer Behavior

Consumer behavior is defined in various ways by social scientists and marketers:

  • Definition 1: It is the study of individuals, groups, or organizations and all the activities associated with the purchase, use, and disposal of goods and services, and how consumers’ emotions, attitudes, and preferences affect buying behavior.
  • Definition 2: It is the study of the processes involved when individuals or groups select, purchase, use, or dispose of products, services, ideas,
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Facebook and Twitter: Facts, Features, and Marketing Strategies

Facebook: Key Facts and History

Foundation Date: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz
Employees (March 2013): 4,900
Users (March 2013): 1.11 billion
Available: Multilingual (70 languages)

History

In February 2004, five students from Harvard University created the first Facebook platform as a way to connect with other students. The project became so popular that in a couple of months

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