Branding www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjdiDeJ0xg
What is a brand? The personality and positioning of a product Comprised of name, visual associations and/or slogans to assist consumers in identifying the product One way that marketers use to differentiate a product from others http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/episode/season-5/2011/02/12/season-5-even-more-remarkable-brands/
Take one minute and write down everything that comes to mind for you when you think of the following brand:
BRAND LOGO
What is the fundamental idea bind the brand?
There are several ways to convey the personality of a brand:
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TAGLINE Mmm Mmm Good. The Un-cola Don’t leave home without it The quicker picker-upper
SOUND Do you associate a tune with….. iTravel 2000 Sleep Country McDonald’s
BRAND NAMES Corporate dominant brand: the company’s name is either all or part of the product name. (i.e. Roots) Private – label brands: use the name of the seller instead of the manufacturer. (i.e. “Life” brand) Product-dominant brands: attempt to connect brand name to the product’s positive attributes (i.e. Acura)
Logo is a generic term for all of the symbolic ways to create a brand. LOGOs Logo is a generic term for all of the symbolic ways to create a brand. 3 forms of logos: Monogrammatic – a stylized writing of the company’s name or product initials Visual symbols Abstract symbols
BRAND LOGO wordmark
BRAND LOGO pictorial
BRAND LOGO abstract