Декілька додаткових інсайтів з лекцій з бренд-неймінгу:
A few additional insights from brand naming lectures:
- Three Brands theory: you have to be in the top-3 of the category. If I ask you what taxi services, or food delivery, or men's antiperspirant brands you know, you will more or less quickly name 3 of them. And marketing statistics show that the user is likely to use one of these three brands - just because that they are known and trusted. So the brand should be in this trio.
- The name of your brand should be targeted to your audience, and the brand itself should speak in an appropriate “brand voice”. If you have a youth brand, the name and communications of which do not infuriate some granny, you are doing something wrong.
- The simpler the name, the easier it is to forget.
- Fantasy names: not very associative, but original. Descriptors come in handy: small captions under a big name. This will help the consumer to understand the brand category and remember the name. For example, the name "March 9" and the descriptor – “bro bar”. Sometimes the descriptor can be used to communicate the values of the brand.
- If you have invented something new, unique and, in your opinion, incredibly accurate and beautiful, don’t get too excited yet. Check it on the focus group.