Measuring Sources of Brand Equity: Capturing The Consumer Mindset

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Measuring Sources of

Brand Equity
Capturing the Consumer Mindset
Consumer Research
• Using ethnographic methods to understand
consumption cultures
• Studying consumers in their natural
surroundings
• Developing unique qualitative research
techniques to identify brand associations
and sources of brand equity
Profiling brand associations
Free associations:
What comes to mind with you think of Rolex?
What does the Rolex name mean to you?
Coding order of elicitation:
Place of responses in brand sequence yields a
measure of brand strength
Kelly repertory grid
Brand triads:
Which two brands are most alike? Why?
Ford BMW Mercedes Benz
Chevy Saab BMW
BMW VW Jaguar
Eliciting Brand Associations
• Visual techniques (collages, photos)
• Projective techniques (brand as a car)
• Brand stories
• Usage associations (heavy/light;
regular/non)
Projective Techniques

Couched in psychology
Types
• Constitutive - subject imposes structure;
clay modeling
• Constructive - using structures to create
reality; building blocks
• Interpretive - subject ascribes meaning to
stimulus; word association
• Cathartic - play techniques
• Refractive - subjects look back on behavior
Elicited material
Surface level Moderate level

Word association Object personification


Sentence completion Shopping list
Cartoon Picture drawing
Object sorting Role playing
High level elicitation
• Collage construction - ZMAT
• Story-starters, dream extensions
• Photo sorts
• Auto-driving
• Video elicitation
List Technique
• Pound of hamburger • Pound of hamburger
• 2 loaves Wonder bread • 2 loaves Wonder bread
• Bunch of carrots • Bunch of carrots
• Nescafe instant coffee • Starbucks coffee beans
• 5 lbs. potatoes • 5 lbs. potatoes
• 2 cans Heinz catsup • 2 cans Heinz catsup
Archetype Research
• Fundamental psychological association with
a cultural object
• PT Cruiser - gangster car or hot rod?
• Cheese - alive (aged) in France or dead
(body baggie) in US?
Focus Groups
• 5-12 category users in structured location
• Facilitator ‘learns’ from respondents
• Protocol prepared
• Open-ended questions used
• Results used to identify themes
• Written report to client and creative team
Quantitative Techniques
Recognition measures
• T-scopes, eye tracking
• Package design
Recall measures
• Probes to stimulate memory
• Unaided for all brands(top-of-mind)
• Aided uses cues - attribute & usage probes
Image research
Open-ended measures for
• strength, favorability, uniqueness
Scaling techniques
• Likert scale for likeliness
Free-choice for brand attribute association
Ranking order of brands
Brand Responses
Purchase intention
Action - buy for self or as a gift
Target - types of products and brand
Context - store, conditions, occasion
Time - when, how soon
Brand Relationships
• Behavior loyalty
• Brand substitutability
• Other brand resonance dimensions - word-
of-mouth, on line
Your Turn
Your client’s brand, Viagra, is losing some equity to
Cialis brand.

1. Create a qualitative technique to learn about


consumer perception about the brand
2. Develop a quantitative scaling measure to
determine brand image.

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