Branding Ethiopia: Opportunities and Challenges Research Proposal Presented to Graduate School of Business Leadership University of South Africa /UNISA/ In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP By GETU KEBEDE KIDANE (43089488) Study Leader JH VISSER July 2010 Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1 1.1. Introduction 1.2. The Ethiopian Contextual Background
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Importance of branding Executive summary This essay deals with the importance of brand image and brand building for companies and how they can adapt their promotional mix‚ in order to obtain the desired results‚ related to their image. First of all‚ it is necessary to get to know the market environment. It is essential for one company that they know how the consumers act: what is their culture? What are their habits? Who are the competitors? Once they have a good impression of the market
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and importance of successfully branding ones service or product both tangible and intangible through B2C and B2B are similar‚ but also do have key differences. In this report‚ we will discuss the advantages of building a strong brand name and image‚ risks‚ and some techniques. Relative Literature Brand pundits refer to our modern day society‚ (that which strategic branding is necessary otherwise one will be faced with a competitive disadvantage) also as a branding world (Sarin). This is due to
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seekers across the country. That’s called employment branding (e-branding)-- positioning a company as a ‘great place to work for’ by using a well-crafted messaging strategy backed by consequential and relevant employee-oriented initiatives. In an era where organisations are falling over each other to recruit the best talent and employees hop jobs for just a few thousands rupees‚ employers need to stand out in the crowd. That’s why e-branding is increasingly seen as the single-most important factor
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Discuss the scope of mixed branding. Ans. Definition: Mixed Branding is where a firm markets products under its own name and that of the reseller(s) because the segment attracted to the reseller is different than its own market. Eg. The company sells its Elizabeth Arden brand through department stores and a line of skincare products at Wal-Mart with the "Skinsimple" brand name. Stratergies: When promoting a brand‚ companies sometimes choose to follow a multiproduct branding strategy‚ similar to
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Branding strategy and consumer high-technology product Danilo Hamann Polygraphic Department‚ University of Applied Science‚ Leipzig‚ Germany Robert L. Williams Jr Villa Julie College‚ Stevenson‚ Maryland‚ USA‚ and Maktoba Omar Napier University Business School‚ Edinburgh‚ UK Abstract Purpose – The paper aims to propose a model to investigate the relationships between price‚ use‚ quality‚ and culture regarding the adoption of hightechnology branding strategy. Design/methodology/approach
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------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATIONAL BRANDING Using brand power to shape and evolve your organization * Who are we? * What do we believe? * What brings us together? * What are we seeking to achieve? * When people look at us‚ what do they see and what do they experience? * When we are successful‚ what will people say about our accomplishments and the contributions we made? Deciding issues like these is what organizational brands are about. When people
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Initially the process of branding was developed to protect products from failure‚ today the brands themselves are in trouble. At present consumers make buying decisions based on the perception of the brand rather than the reality of the product. Brand is the one that sells the product. Despite the fact that branding is more important than at any previous time‚ companies are still getting it wrong and even worse. Brands are failing every single day. I’ll tell you about 4 types of brand failures:
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Branding Yoga The branding of yoga case is basically talking about the history of yoga‚ how it first came to the United States‚ and also how it evolved from the original yoga to the modern yoga. Yoga is originally from India and first practiced were found in Indus Valley on the third millennium B.C.E. Yoga was practiced for by Hindu people for meditation. The yoga story in America first began in the mid 19th century. Later on 1971‚ Bikram Choudhury‚ who was born in India and practiced yoga since
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10138_Levine_3p_01_k.qxd 2/3/03 12:17 PM Page 1 CHAPTER ONE WHAT IS BRANDING‚ ANYWAY? “[Branding is] a 15-second elevator pitch that every employee in the organization can not only get and articulate‚ but can talk about their role in bringing that to life.” —SCOTT M. DAVIS‚ MANAGING PARTNER‚ PROPHET CHICAGO T here is no concept as vital‚ as discussed‚ as mentioned‚ as of the moment in the world of marketing and advertising today as Branding. Everyone uses the word in every conversation‚ there are countless
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