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Branded Reality

January 19, 2018 Leave a comment

Construction is something of a commodity business and as in all commodity businesses, its hard to maintain margins. So how to reality companies increase their pricing power?

Enter Branded Reality.

1)So for reality companies the first order of things is to create a strong and recognizable brand as it increases customer confidence, influences the buying decision and shapes the ownership experience.

2)Then to increase brand visibility ,a common strategy is to pursue the achievement of firsts :

So they compete to build he world’s tallest residential tower,the first greenfield smart city in the country, bring in designs by Casa Armani, Trump, Philippe Starck, Jade Jagger, Kelly Hoppen, Greg Norman etc to local markets etc. etc. etc. Read more of this post

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Alok Kejriwal On the Importance Of Branding

July 31, 2012 4 Comments

“Sam (Sam Balsara of Madison Media) was invited by a Mega Marwari Corporation (MMC) for a chat to help create a Salt Brand. Sam was asked by the grey haired senior executive, ‘how much money would it cost to build India’s greatest salt brand?’ Sam thought for a moment and said ‘Say 20-30 crores (4-6 million US$) in media spends. Assuming your product is great, that should take you to the top’. Mr. Grey Hair heard this and almost fell off his chair…

He said ‘Sam – with that money, I can build 5 more Salt factories!’. Sam pointed in the direction across the street and said ‘Mr. Grey Hair – the folks just opposite your office created Tata Salt. Today, every salt factory in the country goes to them to supply them unbranded salt. The one solo Tata Salt brand is more valuable that 100 plain factories put together. Adding 5 more factories to your collection will not do anything for you’. Mr. Grey Hair looked perplexed. Read more of this post