Brandgap 
Prepared by: 
Rajeev Kumar
Product looks? 
Selling places? 
Target customer? 
Cost desirability? 
Customer review? 
Brand name? (trust factor) 
e.g. 150 cameras 
Selling a product depends on :
Customers trust to company 
Visible branding trends 
Customers trust to company 
Invisible branding trends 
Customers trust to people 
Visible branding trends 
Customers trust to people 
Invisible branding trends 
B2 
C 
B2B 
Product 
service 
Relationships
Rift between strategy and creativity- between logic and magic- there’s a brand gap. 
Does the left brain know what the right brain doing? 
Brain map
There are only two ways to look at the brand gap: 
It creates a natural barrier to: 
•communication, 
•competition 
Value of brand
Five disciplines of branding are 
Cultivate 
Validate 
Innovate 
Collaborate 
Differentiate
Differentiate
Traditional view of design has 4 possible goals: 
Goals 
To identify 
To entertain 
To inform 
To persuade 
But with branding there is a 5th:
Features: what it has 
Benefits: what it does 
Experience: what you will feel 
Identification: who you are 
Differentiate :how your customers see you? 
Marketing of a product depends on:
Models 
One stop shop 
The brand agency 
Integrated marketing team 
Collaborate
The one stop shop
Creativity 
Innovation 
Business Platform 
Requires 
Leadsto 
Innovate:
Slashes 
Cost inefficiency 
& 
duplication 
Uncommon production yet practical 
Responses to real problems 
Creative audience choice 
Magnifies the organization 
Innovative product 
Innovative product:
Unique 
Short 
Appropriateness 
Easy spelling and pronunciation 
Likability 
Extendibility(visual interpretation) 
Protectability(trademarked) 
7 Criteria for a good name:
Brand promises by addressing two issues: 
1.Getting the right idea 
2.Getting the idea right 
Feedback i.e. audience research 
Company 
Talks to themself 
Marketing 
Validate
Sender 
Message 
Receiver 
Consumer 
Reviews to company 
Producer 
Product 
Validate e.g.
Packaging
Will it help or hurt the brand? 
Companies Behavior 
Company Image 
Match 
Brand success 
Depends on 
Constant recognition of corporate memory 
Cultivate:
Brand gap

Brand gap

  • 1.
    Brandgap Prepared by: Rajeev Kumar
  • 2.
    Product looks? Sellingplaces? Target customer? Cost desirability? Customer review? Brand name? (trust factor) e.g. 150 cameras Selling a product depends on :
  • 3.
    Customers trust tocompany Visible branding trends Customers trust to company Invisible branding trends Customers trust to people Visible branding trends Customers trust to people Invisible branding trends B2 C B2B Product service Relationships
  • 4.
    Rift between strategyand creativity- between logic and magic- there’s a brand gap. Does the left brain know what the right brain doing? Brain map
  • 5.
    There are onlytwo ways to look at the brand gap: It creates a natural barrier to: •communication, •competition Value of brand
  • 6.
    Five disciplines ofbranding are Cultivate Validate Innovate Collaborate Differentiate
  • 7.
  • 8.
    Traditional view ofdesign has 4 possible goals: Goals To identify To entertain To inform To persuade But with branding there is a 5th:
  • 9.
    Features: what ithas Benefits: what it does Experience: what you will feel Identification: who you are Differentiate :how your customers see you? Marketing of a product depends on:
  • 10.
    Models One stopshop The brand agency Integrated marketing team Collaborate
  • 11.
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    Creativity Innovation BusinessPlatform Requires Leadsto Innovate:
  • 13.
    Slashes Cost inefficiency & duplication Uncommon production yet practical Responses to real problems Creative audience choice Magnifies the organization Innovative product Innovative product:
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    Unique Short Appropriateness Easy spelling and pronunciation Likability Extendibility(visual interpretation) Protectability(trademarked) 7 Criteria for a good name:
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    Brand promises byaddressing two issues: 1.Getting the right idea 2.Getting the idea right Feedback i.e. audience research Company Talks to themself Marketing Validate
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    Sender Message Receiver Consumer Reviews to company Producer Product Validate e.g.
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    Will it helpor hurt the brand? Companies Behavior Company Image Match Brand success Depends on Constant recognition of corporate memory Cultivate: