BUILDING BRAND STRATEGY (2)

Mohammad Suyanto

Abstract

Real marketing strategies brand building strategy in the consumer's mind. If we have the ability to build a brand, it means we have a strong marketing program. Another strategy to build brands is to empower brand product lines. Brand product line is a strategy put in a brand name product lines related. Brand product line focuses and provides cost advantages by promoting the product line rather than each product. This strategy is effective if the company has one or more product lines, each of which contains a relationship between the items of the product. One advantage the brand's product line is the addition of product items can be introduced to empower the brand names that have been built.

Strategies that big companies use to build a brand, usually by using the company's brand. A company's brand building strategy brand identity using the company name to identify the product. Toyota, Panasonic, Polytron, Sony, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Sharp, Sanyo, Toshiba, Yamaha, Honda and McDonald's use the company brand (corporate brand) to advertise its products. Good Honda ads Mega Pro 1600 and continue highlighting Karisma Honda brand as a corporate brand.

Kijang and Avanza success as Top Brand Indonesia, one of them because of that it uses the Toyota brand. Toyota to build brands is not only a company that sells cars, but the company that offers Total Ownership Experience, ranging from dealers to contact customers after sales service is optimal. Toyota Kijang with the image that the vehicle is durable and easy to maintain and relatively high prices purnajualnya compared with competitive brands make a strong brand in the minds of consumers. Toyota Avanza, using Toyota's corporate brand has been trusted around the world who have superior products, services satisfactorily high resale to make its brand into Top Brand Indonesia. Panasonic with AC and a washing machine also became Top Brands Indonesia, both use the company's brand. Polytron with audio, which provides electronic product images are relatively inexpensive, but quality in Indonesia. Similarly, Sharp and Toshiba with television and refrigerator, all of which use the company's brand strategy to achieve excellence.