Purpose: The purpose of our thesis is to analyze the application of models from Product branding on job-seeking business students as a way to establish a personal brand.Conclude: We found that the principles of Product branding closely resembles those of personal branding and are therefore applicable. The models that build a products brand can do the same for a business student. Thereby we can conclude that personal branding does derive from Product branding..

We have conducted a quantitative study investigating whether an Ingredient Branding collaboration between private label and national brands could be executed with success in the Swedish market. The objective was to measure the consumers? response to two products from different product categories, representing hedonic and utilitarian products. We have been able to establish that by adding a branded ingredient to a private label product, one obtains a more positive product attitude as well as a higher perceived product quality and taste. The study also shows that attitudes towards the ingredient brands were improved by the collaboration whereas the brand attitude towards the private label did not change significantly.

The retailing industry has an extremely high density of brands. In order to differentiate its offer, both retailers and suppliers, are constantly forced to come up with new ways to launch their products. A collaborative strategy between two brands is called co-branding, which means that both the private label and the supplier's brand are displayed on the new product packaging. Several studies have shown that a co-branding strategy is successful, but many operators are still reluctant to use co-branding in fear of long-term losses due to potentially damaged business relations. The objective of this study is to explain how the product- and brand related value for customers, retailers and suppliers is affected by co-branding between private labels and national brands.

Service branding is a subject that has been excluded from the traditional branding theory. Our main purpose with this paper is to distinguish what characterizes service branding. To do this, we have looked in to both service marketing theory as well as branding theory. We have also looked at the existing theory concerning service branding. Six qualitative interviews have been performed to explain what characterizes service branding.

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate whether a combination of product placement and traditional advertising can enhance the company's marketing. We perform this study because we believe that the consumers consider traditional marketing in many cases obsolete.TheoryThe study?s theory consists of topics and terms of product placement, traditional marketing, branding and communications. Theories used in this study were the basis to answer the study's research question using empirical data gathered during the study.MethodThe study has a deductive approach with a qualitative focus, therefore, the study is based on existing research, which was later to use for the data extracted from the interviews. The approach is going to show differences and similarities between how it looks in reality versus theory.ConclusionThe results of this study show that product placement can increase the efficiency of traditional marketing.

It is important, for companies operating on a homogeneous product market, to understand and adapt to customer needs. Since coffee is a homogeneous product in food retail it is vital for coffee companies to work extensively with differentiation and the fierce competition. The prevailing homogenity makes it difficult for companies to develop the product itself and must therefore work to create added value to the product.The purpose of this thesis is to carry out a study on consumer decision-making when purchasing homogeneous products, and to examine how companies work to strengthen their brand and gain market share in a homogeneous product market. The market that this thesis highlights is the coffee market.To answer the purpose of this thesis the writers have conducted a questionnaire survey regarding consumers? decision-making process and interviewed two marketing managers for two major actors on the coffee market.

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate industrial branding, which as a relatively new concept, both for practioners as well as academia, comprises a less explored application of the brand concept. The theoretical background of the study consists of marketing theory concerning the brand concept, and theory concerning industrial marketing. The empirical foundation consists of case studies of four industrial companies, based on interviews with representatives from the companies. All four companies have engaged in activities which they themselves see as industrial branding. Initially, the study sets out to determine the occurence of industrial branding, according to this study?s definition, and continues to tentatively explore the implications of branding in an industrial context.

AbstractTitle: To Market a Company with the Help of Nationality ? A study in how marketing and branding works and is being perceived when it focuses on nationalityAuthor: Frida HanssonSubject: Media and Communication Studies CPeriod: Fall semester 2010Length: 38 pagesTutor: Else NygrenAim: Companies and various corporations are always on the hunt for the next big thing in marketing. One idea to market themselves and give them a chance to separate themselves from the cluster of companies aspiring to take your costumers away could be to market themselves with nationality. To investigate why and how some company?s chose to market themselves with nationality, and also study how this kind of marketing is being perceived by customers and non ?costumers.

Med denna uppsats har vi utifrån ettkonsumentperspektiv, jämfört eventuellalojalitetsöverföringseffekter hos co-branding vid en högoch en låg engagemangsnivå..

Musikmarknadsföring - att marknadsföra sig med musik och ljud är mycket inne just nu. Stora företag lägger ner allt större del av sin marknadsföringsbudget på att skapa en konsistent musikprofil. Sonic branding är ett marknadsföringskoncept som utgår från detta liksom sensory branding som innebär att marknadsföra sig konsekvent mot samtliga av människans sinnen. Både sonic branding och sensory branding utgår från religion och kristendom som inspiration för detta. Ingen av dem har dock undersökt vad kristendomens musikhistoria kan tillföra marknadsföring med musik.

Employer branding är ett begrepp som är aktuellt bland företagen just nu och allt fler väljer att satsa på employer branding som marknadsföringsstrategi.Den här studien handlar om employer branding på Sandvik och begreppet employer branding.Syftet med denna fallstudie av en global koncern är att förklara och beskriva begreppet employerbranding, samt hur man arbetar med detta och vilka framtidsvisioner man har på Sandvik.Studien genomfördes med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer med ett antal nyckelpersoner på Sandvik som arbetar med employer branding. Resultatet presenteras utifrån de frågeställningar jag valt att besvara:Hur förklaras begreppet employer branding av ett antal nyckelpersoner på Sandvik? Hur ser dessa på arbetet med employer branding på Sandvik idag? Vilka satsningar inom employer branding anser nyckelpersonerna kommer att behöva prioriteras på Sandvik i framtiden? Studien visar att Sandvik har inlett ett omfattande employer branding arbete i samband med en ny strategi som gäller för företaget från och med första januari 2012. Studien visar också att informanterna har en tydlig bild av begreppet employer branding och vilka aktiviteter som kan sammankopplas med begreppet. Informanterna delger också vilka satsningar man ser att Sandvik behöver göra inom området employer branding..

This essay ventilates the relatively new phenomenon employer branding. Due to societal changes, such as demographical and financial changes, the labour market in Sweden has changed. It is evident that an increasing number of organisations need to put more of an effort in their methods of attracting talent and retaining competence within the organisation. By a case study based on five interviews, the purpose of the study was to compare literature and practice to see how well they compare as well as how employer branding bring about different aspects of the effect. There was also an ambition to highlight aspects of employer branding considered important to have in mind when undertaking an employer branding exercise.

It is increasingly important for cities to attract visitors, potential new residents and businesses. Jönköping is one of the cities working with place marketing, a strategy that intends to mediate a positive image of the city, in order to accomplish just that.People often have a need to preserve the memory of a trip into something tangible. Anyone visiting Jönköping encounters a souvenir choice, much like the one in many other cities. Linked to the idea of positive place marketing, our work aims to investigate how we as product developers can create a product that en¬hances the image of Jönköping based on the thought that all residents are con¬sig¬nors. Accordingly, we develop three different products from the residents' own image of the city.Our research questions are:Based on the photographs, what image of Jönköping do the ambassadors mediate of their own city?As designers, what in Jönköping's history versus the image of Jönköping today, can we seize in order to give products for visitors a sense of authenticity?As designers, how can we use knowledge of place branding in the development of souvenirs?We performed interviews within three different aspects: history, souvenirs and place branding, all focused on the city of Jönköping.

Spectacular buildings and categorized districts are becoming more common elements in cities. In many cases, they are the result of city branding, which means choosing a city image and dealing with it like a brand to profile and compete against other cities. This essay study what impact on and roll in urban planning the trend might have. The first part relies on literary studies and describes what has been written about city branding. The globalization, the experience economy, urban management, urbanization and the theory of the creative class are pointed out as driving forces of the popularity and the spread of city branding.

Bakgrundochproblem:Revisionsbranschenstårinförmassivanyanställningsbehov.Samtidigtharrevisorsyrket,underdesenasteåren,blivitalltpopulärareblandekonomistudenter.Utmaningenförbranschenliggeriställetiattattraheraochrekryteradenmesttalangfullapersonalen.Medenstarkunderliggandebranschtillväxtochensjälvcentreradochkarriärorienteradgenerationsomnuäntrararbetsmarknadenkandetbliproblematisktförföretagenattlyckasattraherademesttalangfullaochkompetentastudenternatilljustsinorganisation.Syfte:UppsatsenssyfteärattskapaenfördjupadförståelseförhurdestorarevisionsbolagenarbetarförattattraheraochrekryteranyutexamineradeekonomistudenteriGöteborg,genomattundersökahurdearbetarmedexternemployerbranding.Avgränsningar:Studienbehandlarendastföretagensexternaarbetemedemployerbrandingmotstudenter.DetharävengjortsenavgränsningtillhurarbetetskerochproblematikentersigijustGöteborg.Metod:Genomenkvalitativmetodundersökstreavdefyrastörstarevisions-­?ochrådgivningsbolagensomtillvardagsbenämnsBigfour.DeföretagsomingåristudienärDeloitte,Ernst&YoungochKPMG.Studiensempirigrundarsigiinformationinhämtadgenompersonligaintervjuermedrespektiveföretag.Resultatochslutsatser:Studienvisartydligalikheteribolagensarbetemedochsynpåemployerbranding.Storviktläggsvidattunderarbetsmarknadsmässorocheventiföretagensregikommunicerapsykologiskaochfunktionellafördelarsomenanställningpåföretagenmedför.Alltförattattraheraochrekryterademestkompetentaochlämpadestudenterna.Vidareindikerarstudienattdeundersöktaföretagenharsvårigheterattpåettkonkretsättdifferentierasigfrånvarandra.Förslagtillfortsattforskning:Hurmottagsföretagensarbetemedemployerbrandingavstudenterna?Dethadevaritgivandeochavintresseattkompletteradennastudiemedstudierkringhurmottagarna,studenterna,idaguppfattarföretagenochderasemployerbrand..