4. • Spokesperson from Washburn Crosby Company, makers
of ‘Gold medal Flour’
• Created in 1921
• In 1928, Betty was give a voice and her radio
programme ‘Betty Crocker cooking school of the year’
kicked off
• During this time, her signature started coming on
products
• She went on to becoming 4th most recognized brand of
20th century.
‘Betty
Crocker’
5. What made her so special?
Initial success through ‘radio program’
First products-> Super market-> Way to Hollywood
First portrait in 1936
6. What made her so special?
World War II ends-> Betty’s popularity at its peak
10. The right time mantra
She was quick to respond to:
• Growing popularity of radio
• Working women during war
• Issue of feminism
• Rise of ready-to-eat
• Growing ‘me’ culture
• Internet age
12. Advertising success
• Memorable: Easily recognized and recalled
• Top of the mind: The advertisements have always played a major
role in her success
• Meaningful: Descriptive and persuasive
• Likeable: Rich visual content, fun and interesting
• Transferable: Useful for all the products and can easily be adapted
• Time: Appropriate for the era they were advertised in.
13. Continued presence in Different media
Radio program
Books
TV show
Betty Crocker kitchens
Various competitions- Engagement
Various campaigns
Advertisements
Presence on Web
Various social media platforms
15. Criteria for choosing brand elements
Memorable
Meaningful
Likeable
Transferable
Adaptable
Protectable
16. Brand name
• Betty: Popular, friendly sounding name
• Crocker: Reference to William G. Crocker
The name was high on every parameter. It was memorable,
likeable, transferable, adaptable, meaningful and protectable.
17. URL
• The URL contained the name of ‘Betty Crocker’, thus is was easily
memorable.
• The URL was meaningful, likeable and adaptable.
• It was also transferable and protectable.
18. Logo
Meaningful as it resembles the product.
Simple and memorable
Easily recognizable
The basic theme of the logo has remained the same.
19. Character
Human and real-life character
Relatable
Changed with changing times
Friendly and positive
Attention keeper
Enhances the likeability
25. Who is
‘Betty
Crocker’
Timeline
Why was
she so
successful
Brand
elements
Criteria
for
choosing
brand
elements
Which all
brand
elements
were
present
Indian
context
Summary slide
26. These slides were
prepared as a part of
the course ‘Brand
Management’ taught
by Prof. Sameer
Mathur at IIM Lucknow
Marketing Professor 2009 – 2013
Ph.D. and M.S. (Marketing) 2003 – 2009
Marketing Professor 2013 – Present
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
DISCLAIMER
PGDM Student 2015 - 2017
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Prof. Sameer Mathur
Saumya Chaturvedi