This document discusses developing a strong brand name, tagline, and logo. It defines these branding elements and provides tips for choosing an effective brand name, such as being easy to recall, pleasant, pronounce, and spell. Common branding strategies like umbrella branding and line extensions are explained. The advantages of branding like identification, protection, and positioning are covered. Factors to consider for a distinctive and memorable brand name that can be legally registered are outlined.
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8 Developing A Brand Name
This document discusses developing a strong brand name, tagline, and logo. It defines these branding elements and provides tips for choosing an effective brand name, such as being easy to recall, pleasant, pronounce, and spell. Common branding strategies like umbrella branding and line extensions are explained. The advantages of branding like identification, protection, and positioning are covered. Factors to consider for a distinctive and memorable brand name that can be legally registered are outlined.
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Lesson 8
Developing a Brand Name
• Define Brand, Tagline and Logo. • Design a brand name that will fully develop into a desirable product. • Identify the commonly used branding strategy. • refers to the name, design, color, symbol, quality, features, or a combination of these elements that is intended to identify the seller’s product and differentiate it from the product of the competitors. •Is a brand that have been adopted by the seller and given legal protection.* •Is the brand mark or symbol that serves as the face of the brand. •Is the memorable phrase that provides consumers with a quick indication of the product, brand, and market position. Tips in Choosing the Business Name 1. Easy to recall or remember – The Business name must be understandable so it is easily stored in memory. 2. Pleasant meaning creates pleasant feelings – It produces positive or favorable feeling upon saying or mentioning to the public. 3. Easy to pronounce – The business name must cited as freely as it can be. 4. Easy to spell – The business name must be simple. Words that are used in everyday communication will be an advantage. 5. Related to the product – The business name must describe the product. It represents the features of the product. Though there are no standard procedures in the formulation of the best brand name, the following approaches may be a great help:
1. Review carefully the attributes, benefits and values
of the product. 2. Evaluate the consumers in the target market. 3. Analyze the proposed marketing strategies 4. List the possible brand names by considering the first steps. 5. Limit the brand name to one or two words. 6. Check the Internet if the chosen brand name already exists. Advantages of Branding:
1. Brand make it easy to identify the product or service.
2. It assures the buyer that they get the same quality of products. 3. It reduces price comparison 4. It adds prestige to the product of the seller. 5. It provides legal protection for the seller. 6. It helps in product market segmentation. •Starts with the formulation of a brand name for the first single product that the business intends to make. 1.Umbrella Brand Approach 2.House Brand Approach 3.Line Extension Approach 4.Product Extension Approach • All product of the business carry the same brand name. The various product line are not differentiated from each other from the perspective of the brand name. •Every product of the same business has a separate brand name that distinguishes it from the rest of the company’s products. • The existing product has been modified or altered resulting in a new product or more products without eliminating the original product. The new additional product must be within the same category. • A new product carries the brand name in a new category. The new or added product appears to be totally different from the old or existing product line. 1. Umbrella Brand Approach 2. House Brand Approach 3. Line Extension Approach 4. Product Extension Approach 1. Identification – Brands enables consumers to easily distinguish one product from another. 2. Protection – It enables the owner of the brand name to enjoy the goodwill associated with the name so as not to be taken advantage by others. 3. Positioning – it enables the owner to communicate the benefits of his product vis-à-vis competition. 1. Distinctive – is the brand closely associated with another product? 2. Word association – does it have a pleasant meaning? 3. Legal requirement – can it be registered? 4. Memorability – can your name be remembered easily? 5. Pronounceability – can it be pronounced easily? 6. Limitations – is the brand name too limiting to be used for expansion? “ Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit.”