BRAND PERSONALITY
DEFINITION
It means assigning human personality traits to a brand so as to achive differentiation in the market.
DIMENSIONS
Sincerity
Competence
Ruggedness
Excitement
Sophistication
AUTHOR
Jennifer Aaker
Born in 1967 California
is an American social psychologist, author and General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
RELATIVE IDENTIFICATION
suggests that people can get to identify with a social entity without having ever interacted directly with said entity
BRAND
Unique design, sign, symbol, words, or a combination of these, employed in creating an image that identifies a product and differentiates it from its competitors
DISTINTION
Brand personality must be differentiated from brand image, in sense that, while brand image denote the tangible (physical and functional) benefits and attributes of a brand, brand personality indicates emotional associations of the brand