DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Pick a company. As completely as possible, characterize its brand portfolio and brand hierarchy.
How would you improve the company’s branding strategies?
2. Do you think the Dow Chemical corporate image campaign described in this chapter will be successful? Why or why not? What do you see as key success factors for a corporate image campaign?
3. Contrast the branding strategies and brand portfolios of market leaders in two different industries.
For example, contrast the approach by Anheuser-Busch and its Budweiser brand with that of Kellogg in the ready-to-eat cereal category.
4. What are some of the product strategies and communication strategies that General Motors could use to further enhance the level of perceived differentiation between its divisions?
5. Consider the companies listed in Branding Brief 11-3 as having strong corporate reputations.
By examining their Web sites, can you determine why they have such strong corporate reputations?