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Business Definition for: Brand Awareness

  • the level of brand recognition that consumers have of a particular brand and its specific product category. Brand awareness examines three levels of recognition: whether the brand name is the first to come to mind when a consumer is questioned about a particular product category; whether the brand name is one of several that come to mind when a consumer is questioned about a particular product category; and whether or not a consumer has heard of a particular brand name.

Additional Resources

Brand Awareness
Wake up! Your brand isn't your savior, and all the goofy ads in the world won't save your company. What can? Well...have you given good business a try? Rather earlier branding turned into a game of being seen for the sake of being seen, without giving consumers a reason to...
Tags: Brand, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2001-09-01
Brand Management: Brand Equity
A brand is the symbol, logo, design, or the name that is the unique identity of a particular product or service and differentiates it from the competitor’s offerings. Intense promotional and marketing effort over time is required to build and establish a brand. Brand equity is the advantage that the...
Tags: Brand, Brand Equity, Brand Management, Brand Awareness, Branding, Marketing
Presentations 2003-01-01
Strategy Analytics: Philips' Sinking Brand Awareness and Tumbling Market Share in Mobile Phones; Low Brand Awareness and Poor Handset Satisfaction Are Key Problems
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: brand, cell phone, handset, mobile, Philips Electronics N.V., phone, Strategy Analytics
Research articles 2001-12-19
Branding
A brand is a unique assortment of qualities and values that a particular product or service promises to deliver to its consumers. Intense and painstaking marketing effort is required over time to cultivate a successful brand. Brand equity is the advantage that the brand has in the market over other...
Tags: Brand, Branding, Marketing
Presentations 2003-01-01
Brand and Advertising Awareness: A Replication and Extension of a Known Empirical Generalisation
From analysis of over 39 categories Laurent, Kapferer and Roussel (1995) found that top of mind, spontaneous and aided brand awareness measures have the same underlying structure. The difference in scores appears due to the difficulty of the measure. This paper describes how successfully it replicated this work and extended...
Tags: Advertisement, Brand, University Of New South Wales, Replication, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2005-03-10
Strategy Analytics -- Philips' sinking brand awareness and tumbling market share in mobile phones; Low brand awareness and poor handset satisfaction are key problems.
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 December 2001-STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Strategy Analytics -- Philips' sinking brand awareness and tumbling market share in mobile phones; Low brand awareness and poor handset satisfaction are key problems C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20122001 London, England & Boston, MA...
Tags: brand, Branding, handset, MARKETING, mobile, Philips Electronics N.V., phone, Strategy Analytics
Research articles 2001-12-19
Voted & Quoted; ... of AdAge.com voters think automakers can hold firm to their plan to resist TV upfront price increases. The remaining 42% of respondents think the automakers will be the less powerful force in this battle of wills.(Viewpoint)(Brief
"If automakers need a little brand awareness, they should refrain from TV spots for the entire year. If they need brand awareness, then they should selectively choose their buy. Mazda did this very effectively a couple of years ago by buying off "If automakers need a...
Tags: automobile company, brand, brand awareness, TV
Research articles 2004-05-10
Auto Ads Drive Brand Awareness
Some companies sponsor private automobiles to get their brand seen, but can they stop what happens when drivers start behaving badly? The paper depicts that there is a direct relationship established between the brand and the consumer. The brand is physically taken to places where it is not normally seen,...
Tags: Brand, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2004-08-30
Anticipating Brand Opportunities: What Ever Happened to Burma-Shave? - Pattern Thinkers Can Outsmart Brand Rivals in a Changing Marketplace
A static brand can quickly become irrelevant. But brand innovation also has its risks. Patterns that have played out in other industries can help managers anticipate when and how a brand must change. Once a brand achieves strong relevance and awareness, it serves to create longstanding barriers to entry even...
Tags: Brand, Lippincott Mercer, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2004-10-01
Packard Bell's first-ever brand-advertising blitz shows major gains in awareness
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 29, 1997--Using an aggressive brand-advertising campaign, Packard Bell, the world's No. 1 supplier of personal computers to the home market, increased its brand awareness as a PC manufacturer by 11 percentage points over a five-month period, according to an advertising-tracking study conducted by Audits & Surveys Worldwide,...
Tags: Packard Bell NEC
Research articles 1997-05-29
Brand Equity: Capitalizing on Intellectual Capital
What actions can managers take to create and maintain high performing brands? This paper covers the components that form the foundation of brand equity brand identity and brand vision and how they influence brand knowledge, as measured by indicators such as brand awareness and brand image. The emphasis in the...
Tags: Brand, Brand Equity, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2005-03-03
Branding For Relationships, Branding For Retention
A brand is the distinguishing identity of a particular product or service that differentiates it from other products or services in the market. This identity can come from the name, design, symbol, or logo of the brand. An intense promotional program is imperative for the establishment and sustenance of a...
Tags: Brand, Creative Direct Response, Branding, Marketing
Presentations 2003-02-26
The Worth of Words
The paper outlines that in an increasingly brand literate marketplace, language needs to be leveraged creatively and effectively to ensure the brand stands out. The use of language to create awareness and build brand recognition is, of course, only part of the brand story. However, the successful brands will be...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Brand, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2005-08-28
It's not the size of your brand equity - it's how you use it.
Byline: Ingrid Fetell Jan 04, 2006 (Marketing - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Marketers should not ignore the importance of brand equity. It can be used to measure the value...
Tags: brand, Branding, MARKETING
Research articles 2006-01-04
Kodak still champ in store brand awareness - discount store sales of name brand camera equipment
Kodak Still Champ in Store Brand Awareness
Tags: brand, camera, Eastman Kodak Co., sales
Research articles 1987-10-12
Zaxby's raises brand awareness with licensee who does double duty as chain's NASCAR driver
Athens, GA. -- Restaurant chains like to sponsor NASCAR drivers to raise brand awareness among rabid racing fans, but the Zaxby's chicken chain is taking the uncommon step of sponsoring one of its own licensees to race in the Craftsman Truck Series.
Tags: brand, brand awareness, NASCAR
Research articles 2007-02-19
Thai luxury homebuilder to create brand awareness.
By Kanana Katharangsiporn, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29--The Emperor House, a builder of luxury homes, plans to create brand awareness among high-end customers through its customer base, as well as by expanding its interior design and decoration ...
Tags: Bangkok Post, brand, Branding, MARKETING
Research articles 2004-09-29
Strike Up The Brand: Branding And CRM Go Hand In Hand
Though brand building has been around since the industrial revolution, translating brands to the digital world has not. The Web offers a new set of tools for branding but also requires new strategies to ensure brand consistency from medium to medium, and CRM has an important role to play in...
Tags: Brand, CRM, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2001-06-01
Mirror, Mirror…Who Has The Strongest Brand Of All?
Twenty-first century branding requires a total brand experience, one that encompasses all messages, all channels, all touch points--essentially, one that creates a whole brand experience that is both holistic and realistic, with the customer as the guiding principle. Humans are social: who needs and seeks out relationships. With this in...
Tags: Brand, Humans, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Using Supply-Chain Excellence To Build Brand Reputation
From the executive summary: Researches suggest that for many companies, there is still a disconnect between marketing and core supply-chain processes. Too few executives realize how the everyday grind of getting product to market and on the shelves impacts brand awareness. Experts suggest that the buying experience is the first...
Tags: Supply Chain, Brand, Keller International Publishing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Branding, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
White papers 2004-08-01