<p>Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka och utreda hur tjänsteföretag inom charterbranschen arbetar för att stärka sitt varumärke, samt att utreda hur och vilka associationer som skapas kring varumärket.</p><p>Metod: Försöka implementera en modell för att få en klarare bild över hur charter företag arbertar för att stärka sina varumärken, författarna använder sig olika litteratur käller samt emperiska studier.</p><p>Resultat: Resultaten visar hur viktigt det för företag att hitta nya metoder för att stärka sitt varumärke, samt betydelsen för tjänsteföretag av att hitta sin egen plats i en konkurrenskraftig marknad.</p><p>Avgränsning: Genom att begränsa vår undersökning valde vi att koncentrera oss på endast två charterföretag, detta för att skapa en bättre och djupare inblick på vår frågeställning. De två charterföretagen som vi har valt att undersöka och utgå ifrån är; Apollo och Ving. Anledningen till detta är att de är marknadsledande och har lyckats skapa ett starkt varumärke.</p><p>Nyckelord: Varumärkeskapital, kärnvärde av tjänst, postionering, märkesidentitet, marknadskommunikation, intern märkeslojlitet, associationer.</p> / <p>Purpose: The purpose with this study is to evaluate how leading companies in the “charter branch” create brand equity and associations related to the brand.</p><p>Methodology: To test the anticipated model in the context of how charter companies work to establish a stronger brand, the authors use data collected from different literature sources and empirical findings.</p><p>Findings: The results underline the importance of always finding new methods to establish a strong brand, and the value for service companies have to find their own place on a competitive market.</p><p>Research limitations: We choose to limit our study by choosing two different charter companies, this choice made it able for us to get deeper understanding to our purpose. The two companies that we choose to investigate where: Apollo and Ving. The reason was because these two companies are market leaders and they have managed to create a strong brand.</p>

Background: Companies establishing a new brand on the Swedish market have to face competition from already established brands. This makes it interesting to investigate which branding strategies companies use in order to establish a new successful brand. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to investigate which branding strategies companies should use in order to establish a new successful brand on a competitive Swedish market. Research method: The study was realized with the help of five qualitative interviews. These interviews were conducted at five diverse companies possessing recently established brands on a competitive Swedish market. Results: Our investigation has lead to the formation of a model, which depicts the most important factors for the strategies that companies should use in order to establish a new successful brand on a competitive Swedish market. We have found that the starting point for these strategies should be the brand motto for product brands and the business concept for corporate brands, from which the core values and the positioning strategies should be derived. In order to communicate the brand to the market, the brand name is an important factor which should preferably be unique. The distribution is also an important factor for this communication, since the distributor is the ambassador who mediates the brand to the customer. The market communication in turn should in the first place consist of unconventional channels such as editorial text when possible. For companies possessing a large marketing budget, brand building commercial, for instance TV-commercial should also be invested in. The marketing communication serves as a means to gain good customer relationships. Finally, it is important to have a consistent branding strategy as well as an internal loyalty toward the brand.

This study will focus on the fund raising market and what characteristics that can be found in marketing in this market. The donations to fund raising organizations has increased lately and therefore we found it interesting to study how their marketing has developed over time and what risks that can be found. When talking about marketing in fund raising organizations it’s difficult to not include the donors. Therefore have we also studied what value creates for the donors and how the organizations work to gain their trust. We have used a qualitative approach based on six interviews. The respondents have been chosen after their expertise in the subject. Because of the qualitative approach used in this essay, it’s difficult to give a complete picture regarding the last two chapters, analysis and conclusions. Therefore, we recommend these two chapters for further reading. Fund raising organization, marketing, market communication, value creation, brand and positioning.

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka och utreda hur tjänsteföretag inom charterbranschen arbetar för att stärka sitt varumärke, samt att utreda hur och vilka associationer som skapas kring varumärket. Metod: Försöka implementera en modell för att få en klarare bild över hur charter företag arbertar för att stärka sina varumärken, författarna använder sig olika litteratur käller samt emperiska studier. Resultat: Resultaten visar hur viktigt det för företag att hitta nya metoder för att stärka sitt varumärke, samt betydelsen för tjänsteföretag av att hitta sin egen plats i en konkurrenskraftig marknad. Avgränsning: Genom att begränsa vår undersökning valde vi att koncentrera oss på endast två charterföretag, detta för att skapa en bättre och djupare inblick på vår frågeställning. De två charterföretagen som vi har valt att undersöka och utgå ifrån är; Apollo och Ving. Anledningen till detta är att de är marknadsledande och har lyckats skapa ett starkt varumärke. Nyckelord: Varumärkeskapital, kärnvärde av tjänst, postionering, märkesidentitet, marknadskommunikation, intern märkeslojlitet, associationer. / Purpose: The purpose with this study is to evaluate how leading companies in the “charter branch” create brand equity and associations related to the brand. Methodology: To test the anticipated model in the context of how charter companies work to establish a stronger brand, the authors use data collected from different literature sources and empirical findings. Findings: The results underline the importance of always finding new methods to establish a strong brand, and the value for service companies have to find their own place on a competitive market. Research limitations: We choose to limit our study by choosing two different charter companies, this choice made it able for us to get deeper understanding to our purpose. The two companies that we choose to investigate where: Apollo and Ving. The reason was because these two companies are market leaders and they have managed to create a strong brand.

Background A widely used concept within marketing is market segmentation, which companies use to create value. Many researchers have focused on different approaches to market segmentation and the segmentation process, but little attention has been given to how one can evaluate such a process. The thesis is written on behalf of the Swedish company Svenska Cellulosa AB that is currently working on a market segmentation project for their baby products category. Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to develop a standardized process for evaluating and measuring the value of a segmentation process. The evaluation process will then be used to give recommendations to SCA on how they can evaluate their own segmentation process. Method To better understand how companies utilize market segmentation, but also how and if they measure the value of such a process, this thesis is conducted using a qualitative approach. The authors chose to collect the primary data through interviews with selected companies. The information gained from the interviews was then used to build three case-studies. The secondary data was collected from reviewing both scientific journals and textbooks concerning the relevant topic. The interviews were further analyzed using qualitative analysis techniques and based on the analysis a segmentation evaluation process was then developed. Conclusion The authors have found some common denominators among the case study companies on how they utilize segmentation to create value. However, none of the companies had developed a structured process to evaluate their segmentation process. By matching the case study findings with the frame of reference in relation to the research purpose the authors were able to develop a standardized segmentation evaluation process. This process was then used to give recommendations to SCA regarding their segmentation project.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2016-09-12T19:42:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcelo Cymerman Asnis.pdf: 11279552 bytes, checksum: ca2d23af5390225c0a8a1992fe5497db (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-12T19:42:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcelo Cymerman Asnis.pdf: 11279552 bytes, checksum: ca2d23af5390225c0a8a1992fe5497db (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This thesis analyses the understanding of the communication and symbolic strategies adopted in the design of wine labels with a focus on their display at the point of sale. Basic concepts about the wine world and its psyche have been followed. Since wine bottles are very similar, the main differentiation factor is the label and its function is to convince the consumer at the point of sale. The label is the "seller", the "last chance" to motivate consumers to take the wine bottle in their trolley. The way this component and its content are developed under graphic and symbolic points of view has been the focus of this qualitative study, applying as methodology in the first two sections bibliographical and documentary references. In the third chapter, an analysis of the labels’ graphic and symbolic content from an intentional sampling has been developed. Finally, an empirical experimental research of some wines together with tasters has been conducted to evaluate if the labels’ perception and identification could generate different ratings after a first blind tasting / Compreender as estratégias comunicacionais e simbólicas adotadas no desenvolvimento de rótulos das embalagens de vinho com foco em sua exposição no ponto de venda foi o objetivo geral deste trabalho. Foram abordados conceitos básicos sobre o universo do vinho e o imaginário a ele relacionado. O rótulo é o principal elemento de diferenciação neste produto, já que as garrafas de vinho são muito similares, sendo ele o responsável em persuadir o consumidor quando o produto está no ponto de venda. O rótulo é o componente “vendedor”, a “última chance” para motivar o consumidor a colocar o vinho em sua cesta de compras. A forma como este componente e seus conteúdos são desenvolvidos sob o ponto de vista gráfico e simbólico foi o objeto desta pesquisa qualitativa que utilizou como metodologia, referências bibliográficas e documentais nos dois primeiros capítulos. No terceiro capítulo, foi realizada uma análise de conteúdo gráfico e simbólico dos rótulos de uma amostragem intencional de vinhos. A seguir, foi aplicada uma pesquisa experimental empírica de alguns vinhos junto a degustadores para avaliar se a percepção e identificação dos rótulos podem gerar avaliações diferentes após uma primeira degustação "às cegas

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:29:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martin pg1_100.pdf: 960966 bytes, checksum: dc47efdad009e2f6d7a407a97c8d80c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-10-26 / This thesis analyzes the relationship of market communication with the obsession for immediacy present in contemporary social culture and manifested in advertising. We live in a society marked by intense consumption in real time and not restricted by distances. To keep alive this pace of consumption, companies try to stimulate the market through a type of advertising that incorporates in its language features of urgency and immediacy observed and extracted from society. From a social perspective, this thesis discussed the presence of the time element in contemporary life and its appropriation by marketing communication. The research developed based on the method of content analysis studied more than three hundred television commercials and about two hundred printed advertisements which presented solid evidence of this appropriation of the culture of urgency and immediacy by market communication. This emphasis on the urgent and on the immediate strengthens and stimulates the existing social model. In other words, the sum of a lifestyle that worships speed with the presence of such elements in the market communication contributes to the promotion of a dictatorship of the now, based on the promise of instant gratification. These elements that characterize contemporary society are, from the commercial point of view, effectively appropriated by market communication as this contemporary social condition, when transformed into selling points, contributes to cause a state of harmony with the consumer s cognitions. / Esta tese analisa as relações da comunicação de mercado com a obsessão pelo imediato presente na cultura social contemporânea. Vive-se hoje numa sociedade marcada pelo consumo intenso, em tempo real e não restrito por distâncias. Para acelerar a circulação de produtos e serviços, as empresas tentam estimular o mercado através de anúncios que incorporam em sua linguagem as características de urgência e imediatismo observadas e extraídas da sociedade. Sob uma perspectiva social, esta tese discutiu a presença do elemento tempo na vida contemporânea e sua apropriação pela comunicação mercadológica. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida sob o método de análise de conteúdo em mais de trezentos comerciais de televisão e em cerca de duzentos anúncios impressos que apresentaram sólidas evidências dessa apropriação da cultura de urgência e imediatismo pela comunicação de mercado. A ênfase no urgente e no imediato reforça e estimula o modelo social vigente. Em outras palavras, a soma de um estilo de vida que cultua a velocidade com a presença de tais elementos na comunicação de mercado contribui para a promoção de uma ditadura do agora, baseada na promessa do prazer instantâneo. Esses elementos que caracterizam a sociedade contemporânea são, do ponto de vista comercial, eficientemente apropriados pela comunicação de mercado, uma vez que essa condição social, quando transformada em argumento de vendas, contribui para provocar no consumidor um estado de consonância com suas cognições.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:29:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Everaldo Pereira2.pdf: 2586439 bytes, checksum: a11e606fc3858e4efcb578ecb86dffa7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-24 / This study aims to analyze how the communication processes of perceptual manifestations of postmodern consumers, based on interactions in virtual social networks contribute to the redefinition of the brand image. We analyze the communication process in the face of new economic and techno-social interactions, from a vision of consumption meanings and a displacement of the marketing needs for a marketing sense. We develop a single case study of the Lego brand, a literature review, qualitative surveys of interactions on websites, content analysis and qualitative analysis in blog forum for consumers of the brand. Thus, we conclude that market communication plays a unifying role in the symbolic constructions of branding in organizations and that economic and timeless easy to share events via the internet reframes the brand image on a paper of symbolic exchange on the online networks. / Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar como os processos comunicacionais de manifestações perceptivas dos consumidores pós-modernos, a partir das interações em redes sociais virtuais, contribuem para a ressignificação da imagem de marca. Reavaliamos o processo comunicacional ante as novas interações econômicas e tecno-sociais, partindo de uma visão de consumo de significados e um deslocamento do marketing das necessidades para um marketing de sentidos. Para tanto, desenvolvemos um estudo de caso único da marca Lego, a partir de levantamento bibliográfico, levantamentos qualitativos das interações em sites, análise de conteúdo de blog e análise qualitativa de fórum de consumidores da marca. Assim, concluímos que a comunicação de mercado assume um papel aglutinador nas construções simbólicas da imagem de marca nas organizações e que a facilidade econômica e atemporal em compartilhar manifestações por meio da internet ressignifica a imagem de marca em um papel de troca simbólica na bolsa de valores de imagens das redes on-line.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:30:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JORGE VAN DAL.pdf: 806217 bytes, checksum: f298e1b536452fcce562ef0f392ef02a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-15 / The advertising market is experiencing a major transformation in a short time and has had to learn to deal with an audience that act and interact with brands, and more than a means of communication, seeking ways of relating. Becomes extremely important to reflect on the most appropriate forms of advertising that are relevant to this new scenario. This work aims to understand how advertising is appropriating the participatory culture in socio-technical context of the network society. For this method was used as the literature and case study of campaign by Stella Artois beer, called The King of Cannes. It was noticed that the said campaign reinforces participatory advertising, unlike traditional interruption-based advertising. This case exemplifies the possible changes in advertising practices that must go hand in technological expansion, the convergence of media and the relationship with the consumer public, taking into account the practical access mediated communication technologies that enable consumer relations and exchanges with organizations in the cyberspace environment. / O mercado publicitário vive uma grande transformação e em pouco tempo vem tendo de aprender a lidar com uma audiência que age e interage com as marcas, e, mais do que formas de comunicação, busca formas de relacionamento. Torna-se de extrema importância refletir sobre as formas mais adequadas de publicidade que sejam relevantes a esse novo cenário. Este trabalho tem como objetivo compreender como a publicidade está se apropriando da cultura participativa no contexto sociotécnico da sociedade em rede. Para isso foi utilizado como método à pesquisa bibliográfica e estudo de caso da campanha realizada pela cerveja Stella Artois, denominada The King of Cannes. Percebeu-se que a referida campanha reforça a publicidade participativa, ao contrário da publicidade tradicional baseada na interrupção. Esse caso exemplifica as eventuais mudanças nas praticas da propaganda que deve caminhar ao lado da expansão tecnológica, da convergência das mídias e do relacionamento com público consumidor, levando em consideração as praticas de acesso mediadas por tecnologias da comunicação que viabilizam as relações de consumo e de trocas com as organizações no ambiente do ciberespaço.

Nosso trabalho propõe-se a compreender como é formulado o discurso das empresas acerca da responsabilidade social, por meio do entendimento das formações discursivas em conflito, reconhecendo potencialidades e limitações deste discurso. Discute a heterogeneidade de vozes em diálogo, a constituição da cena enunciativa e busca delinear como são construídos os sentidos do discurso das empresas acerca da responsabilidade social. A consecução dos objetivos se deu por meio do método de análise do discurso de linha francesa (AD), a partir de três conjuntos de dados: um conjunto de textos jornalísticos, com ênfase na mídia especializada em negócios; série longitudinal de documentos (balanços sociais) de uma organização com destacada ação socioambiental; entrevistas realizadas com profissionais que atuam nas áreas de responsabilidade social de grandes organizações. Os resultados indicam que o discurso das empresas a respeito do social constitui-se a partir da oposição entre duas formações discursivas concorrentes, a gerencial e a política, e tem sua identidade definida pela negação e construção de simulacros do marketing, da filantropia, e, sobretudo, do conflito, como forma política de lidar com as questões sociais. / Through the study of conflicting discursive formations this work aims at understanding how corporate discourse on social responsibility is constructed, taking into account its potentialities and limitations. It discusses the heterogeneity of dialogic voices and the constitution of the enunciative scene in an effort to outline how meaning is produced within such discourse. These objectives were attained by applying the methodology of Discourse Analysis (DA), particularly the French tradition in this field, to three types of data: journalistic texts, especially those from the business media; a series of documents (reports on social impact) from an organization widely known for its environmental concern; and interviews with professionals involved with social responsibility policies in large organizations. The results indicate that corporate discourse on social issues is constituted by two opposing discursive formations, one managerial and the other political. Its identity is defined by negation and construction of marketing simulacrum, by philanthropy, and above all by conflict as the political path to deal with social issues.