Lecture Logic: Brand Review

By Erica Wenham, Monday 21 January 2013.

Managing The Commercial Communications Process (Week 15)

If you haven’t seen Week 14’s post on CW2 Brief please click here to have a quick read. As I explained last week, I have chosen to research the John Lewis own-brand and their PR agency, Rain Communications. The document will require an in-depth brand review on the agency/client relationship. Many professionals sometimes refer to it as “The Brand Back” as it can be used as the “bible” for every agency account and anyone can pick up the key issues and facts relating to the brand.

Today’s lecture was mostly based on recommendations from Vic on what theories, concepts and other additional information should be researched into. A full list of these are shown below.


Account Details (Brand)
     Background
     Brand
     History
     People

Business (Agency) Factors Relating To The Brand
     What business are we in?
     What key market segments are we win?
     Business Targets
     Brand Strategy & Positioning
     Brand Architecture
     What are our key services?
     How are these differentiated from the competitors?
     How do they satisfy the needs of potential customers?

Industry and Competitive Analysis
     Market Trends
     Market Shares (Value/Volume)

Internal Review of Customer Segmentation
     Who are they? (Target Audience)
     Where are they? (Regional/Geo-demographical)
     How do we segment them?
     Their Value (Customer Type)
     Perception, Motivation and Attitude

Competitor Activity/Positioning & Internal Analysis
     Brand Positioning Map
     Critical Success Factors Analysis (CSF model)
     Corporate Positioning/Culture/Values: Ashridge Management Model
     Portfolio Positioning: Boston Matrix
     Strategic Direction: Ansoff Matrix

Marketing Activity
     Marketing Comms
     AdSpend Total/SOV
     Other Marketing Activity: Distribution/Packaging/Key Internal Stakeholders
     Share Of Voice (Spend/Mix)

Advertising & Promotional Review
     Historical Review
     Integrated Marcomms Strategy
     Push & Pull Profile Model (Fill)

Conclusions & Recommendations
     Future Activity Recommendations
     Creative Communications & Strategic Media Briefs
     Timeline

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