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Brand pyramid, onion, key and other models

Lesson 16 of 20 in Brand strategy.

19 - The Secret Power of Brands - Brand models · sam2kwel
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These are templates for organising what a strategist has found, and they are all more similar than their diagrams suggest. Each moves from concrete attributes through functional and emotional benefits to an abstract summary, and each was designed to force a hierarchy of claims.

ideabenefitsattributespyramidonionthe same claim, drawn twicethe model is a way to argue, not a finding
The brand pyramid and the brand onion, two drawings of the same claim.
In a late-night meeting room five people crowd around the top block of a wooden block pyramid on the table, while a cracked and a missing block at its base make it lean.
A team spends the evening polishing the tiny top block of a wooden pyramid while a cracked block at its base goes unnoticed. The checkable detail lives at the bottom.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Attributes at the base rising to an essence at the point.”

    • Brand pyramid
    • Codification
    • Uniqueness
    • Fame
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The same idea as rings, essence at the centre.”

    • Goodwill
    • Brand onion
    • Price premium
    • Brand equity
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Unilever's template. Root strengths, competitive environment, target, insight, benefits, values, reasons to believe, discriminator, essence.”

    • Decision log
    • Stakeholder interview
    • Discovery
    • Brand key

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