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Overview

Remember when brand management was as straightforward as promoting a single product or service? Today, brands mingle so much-McDonald's and Disney partner on promotional giveaways, Subaru markets an L.L. Bean edition of the Outback, Toys R Us and Amazon.com jointly launch an online toy store-a whole system of brands can make or break a product and a career. Once content to "mind their own brands," marketers need a radically different game plan to succeed in this complex marketplace.

In The Infinite Asset, Sam Hill and Chris Lederer unveil an ingenious strategy-the Brand Portfolio Approach-that exponentially increases the value of brands by exploding them beyond the boundaries of their ...

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Overview

Remember when brand management was as straightforward as promoting a single product or service? Today, brands mingle so much-McDonald's and Disney partner on promotional giveaways, Subaru markets an L.L. Bean edition of the Outback, Toys R Us and Amazon.com jointly launch an online toy store-a whole system of brands can make or break a product and a career. Once content to "mind their own brands," marketers need a radically different game plan to succeed in this complex marketplace.

In The Infinite Asset, Sam Hill and Chris Lederer unveil an ingenious strategy-the Brand Portfolio Approach-that exponentially increases the value of brands by exploding them beyond the boundaries of their division or even their parent company. The authors argue that a company's brand portfolio must reflect how the target customer actually views the brand; it must encompass every brand-whether the company owns it or not-that affects the buying decision.

Based on thirty years of consulting experience and extensive research across industries, the authors introduce a breakthrough 3-D mapping tool-the brand portfolio molecule-that lets managers visualize all elements of a brand and how they interact to create new value. Compelling case studies apply the model to the brand strategies of companies including 3M, Cadillac, Miller Beer, and Yahoo!. In addition, a comprehensive set of implementation tools guide marketers in using the model to:

* identify the "lead brand" in the eyes of the customer
* find and fill product holes
* decide whether to extend, prune, or reposition a brand
* arrive at the right number of brands
* determine how and when to use a corporate brand as an umbrella
* allocate marketing funds most effectively
* trace brand value using informative metrics
* convert brand equity into shareholder value and more

The first to provide a holistic model for brand value creation and management, this book is the must-have guide to leveraging every company's infinite asset for lasting competitive advantage.

"Clearly, in the near future, the only way to do business profitably will be with strong brands. Hill and Lederer take the reader on a fascinating journey through the elaborate world of brand management[JC1], focusing on the intricacies of managing brand portfolios. By offering practical solutions[EBK2][JC3], they make a complicated subject simple to understand. That's a great achievement."

-Peter Georgescu, Chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam Inc.

"The Infinite Asset is a fabulous resource for marketers who are ready to take brand value to the next level. Hill and Lederer use their expertise to help even the most senior marketing executive think through the Brand Portfolio Approach to unlock substantial strategic value."

-Steven J. Heyer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Coca-Cola Ventures

"Managing the brand portfolio just got a whole lot easier with Hill and Lederer's strategic set of models and tools. More important, the authors expand the scope of the brand portfolio to include brand alliances, resulting in a more comprehensive and realistic portrayal of the brand management challenges facing brand management executives today. With numerous in-depth case studies any brand manager will benefit from this easy-to-read book."

-David Aaker, Vice Chairman, Prophet Brand Strategy and author of Building Strong Brands and Brand Leadership

"The Infinite Asset offers a great argument for managing brand assets with the same energy and discipline with which we manage other corporate assets. Whether you have a drawer full of product brands or an annual report full of company brands, you will benefit from the Brand Portfolio Approach. No other book comes close to providing such a practical, updated, and relevant perspective on dealing with today's branding challenges."

-Katherine Button Bell, Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Emerson

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In this intriguing book, which will strike most readers as a glib theoretical exercise, the authors contend, "the greatest brand value is now being created in the intersections between individual brands. Kmart and Martha Stewart are worth more together than they are apart." The authors, partners at Helios Consulting, lay out a formula for capitalizing on this idea: chart every interaction a brand has from where it's advertised to who its partners are and determine how to get the most out of every relationship, and they explain this formula in three simple chapters (understanding, optimizing and implementing). (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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How to Profit from the 'Intersection' of Brands
Stand-alone brands are becoming fewer for good reason: Most firms are discovering the value and profitability available from the combination of different and widely diverse brands. Networking in our economy is on the increase because it works. Volkswagen and Trek are selling cars and bicycles together. American Airlines, Citibank and Visa offer a credit card together. Even companies like Philips and Levi Strauss have come together to create a jacket equipped with a cell phone in the collar and an MP3 player in the pocket. The combinations and strategies for marketing brands are endless, and the ones that succeed are the ones that tap into the true potential of the brands involved.

The authors of The Infinite Asset suggest that "the greatest brand value is now being created in the intersections between individual brands." This is why Kmart and Martha Stewart have teamed up to make both of their brands even more valuable. Of course, the downside of the combo platter approach to branding is that if one part of the equation suffers a setback, so does the rest. The authors point out the negative impact that the Firestone tire recall had on many car companies to illustrate the new reality that accompanies the hand-in-hand approach to branding: What one brand manager does with his or her brand can affect the brand of another in many ways.

Managing Brands as Portfolios
To leverage the potential power of brands while also keeping risks to a minimum, Hill and Lederer, partners at Helios Consulting Group, have developed a plan that stresses the importance of managing brands as portfolios, and updating traditionalthinking about brand portfolios and how they work. The brand portfolios the authors develop include every brand involved in the consumer's decision to buy. This definition would place NBC, Nike and TNT in the NBA portfolio since its marketing plan depends on its contracts with these companies.

The authors write that the management and organization of these new brand portfolios should not leave out the crucial element of the consumer's perspective. Brand organization should not forget the importance of managing brands individually, and should remember that creating new value is still the name of the game. This is why brand portfolio managers need to be able to see the brand agenda both inside an organization's brand system and outside of it.

The road to success begins with a visualization of the portfolio that represents the characteristics and the relationships of the brands included in it. A set of measurement tools is also needed to manage the brand portfolio, along with an organization that embraces the concept of brand portfolio management.

The Brand Portfolio Molecule
To help brand portfolio managers grasp the breadth of an entire portfolio, the authors have developed the "brand portfolio molecule" (BPM) that not only depicts the quantitative and dynamic aspects of the portfolio, but also takes into account all of the potential areas for value creation and destruction. It looks like the model of a molecule, and each part represents an element of the brand both inside a firm and outside of it. This visual model will help brand portfolio managers see their opportunities for profit, and vulnerabilities to risk. It also defines the many brands that a company should consider in its brand decisions.

The size of each sphere on the BPM depicts the relative value of the different brands in the portfolio. The bigger the sphere, the more a consumer values it when making a purchase. Different colors depict the levels of influence the sphere has on the decision to purchase. The legs of the BPM demonstrate how the various brands in the portfolio branch out and connect to each other, and the positions of the spheres on the BPM explain their market position in relation to the other brands.

Every brand portfolio must express its objectives according to risks, returns, brand equity creation, strategic flexibility and growth. Specifically, a brand portfolio needs:

  1. A vision for the value it intends to create and a clear set of performance objectives.
  2. Strategic guidelines for the overall portfolio.
  3. A set of specific working tools and tactical approaches to improve performance of the portfolio.


Why Soundview Likes This Book
This new approach of looking at brand molecules, rather than a single brand, creates infinite possibilities of value in their combinations. Hill and Lederer offer a holistic approach to brand value creation that is fresh and timely. Their many suggestions and examples for leveraging assets for competitive advantage are well-conceived, well-defined and easy to read. The Infinite Asset lays the groundwork from which any company can begin to approach a management plan that maximizes brand strength through beneficial alliances that unlock unexpected value. Copyright (c) 2002 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781578512492
  • Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
  • Publication date: 10/28/2001
  • Pages: 238
  • Sales rank: 1,070,629
  • Product dimensions: 6.45 (w) x 9.60 (h) x 0.95 (d)

Meet the Author

Sam Hill was Chief Marketing Officer at Booz(Allen & Hamilton; he is now a partner at Helios Consulting and co-author of Radical Marketing.

Chris Lederer, once a brand manager at Lever Brothers and a Senior Associate at Booz(Allen, is also a partner at Helios.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Pt. 1 Understanding the Brand Portfolio
1 Brands, New Value Creation, and Competitive Advantage 3
2 Elements of the New Model 11
3 The Molecule in Detail 21
4 Portfolio Dynamics 39
5 How Brand Portfolios Differ 49
Pt. 2 Optimizing the Brand Portfolio
6 Measuring Success 61
7 Toolkit: Extensions 69
8 Toolkit: Repositioning 79
9 Toolkit: Pruning 87
10 Toolkit: Over-Branding 95
11 Toolkit: Co-Branding 103
12 Toolkit: Amalgamation 111
13 Toolkit: Partitioning 119
14 Toolkit: Scaling 127
15 Using the Tools 133
Pt. 3 Implementing Brand Portfolio Management
16 Brand Portfolio Management - the 3M Case 155
17 Overcoming Organizational Resistance 167
18 Lessons Learned in the Trenches 175
19 The Implications of Infinity 181
Afterword: About the Research 197
Acknowledgments 203
Notes 207
Index 221
About the Authors 237
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