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ISM Endorsed Certified Brand Manager

ISM Endorsed Certified Brand Manager

Why Attend

Branding is the process by which companies distinguish their product offerings from competition. A brand is created by developing a distinctive name, package and design, and by arousing customer expectations about the offering. This course tackles all the competencies needed to build a strong organizational brand and evaluate its performance and perceptions in the marketplace. It also details the role brand management plays in the strategic marketing process, the steps of the consumer adoption process, the different types of branding strategies and the signs that can indicate a troubled branding strategy.

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Overview
Course Methodology

The course involves a variety of case studies and exercises to develop the right skills needed to become a successful branding professional. Group presentations and self-assessment tools will also be used for the same purpose.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Define brands and understand the opportunities and challenges facing them in highly competitive business landscapes
  • Plan and craft a powerful brand positioning statement that reflects the brand's promise and the expectations of their most valued customers
  • Build a strategic brand and track its growth and sustainability using researched processes
  • Explore the elements of brand equity and the constituents of brand identity to build consistent and sustainable brands
  • Identify various brand strategies to come up with sound actions aligned with the status of existing and new markets and products
  • Master the process for conducting a full brand audit to evaluate brand performance and take remedial actions
Target Audience

This course is targeted at managers and marketing personnel who wish to learn how to interpret the potential effects of various brand strategies and tactics and assess the value of any type of brand. This course is also ideal for marketing professionals who would like to strengthen, develop and enhance their strategic marketing skills and obtain the highest Return On Investment (ROI) from managing their organization’s brand.

Target Competencies
  • Creating brand report cards
  • Brand management
  • Creating brand value
  • Crafting brand identity
  • Designing brand equity elements
  • Conducting brand audits
  • Developing brand strategies
Note

This course is also endorsed by the Institute of Sales Management (ISM).

Course Outline
  • Definitions and anatomy of brands
    • The definition of a brand
    • Reasons why brands matter
    • A brief history of brands
    • Difference between branding and marketing
    • The challenges and opportunities of branding today
    • Understanding branding
  • Brand planning models
    • The concept of customer-based brand equity
    • Building customer-based brand equity
    • Benefits of customer-based brand equity
    • Three tools to facilitate brand planning
      • Brand positioning model
      • Brand resonance model
      • Brand value chain model
  • The strategic brand management process
    • The brand management process: a useful model
      •  Developing brand vision
      •  Establishing brand position
      •  Fulfilling brand contract
      •  Brand communication
      •  Brand metrics: measuring RoBI (Return on Brand Investment)
    • The elements of the strategic brand management process
      •  Identifying and establishing brand positioning and values
      •  Planning and implementing brand marketing programs
      •  Measuring and interpreting brand performance
      •  Growing and sustaining brand equity
  • Brand equity and identity
    • Brand equity defined
    • Elements of brand equity
      •  Brand loyalty
      •  Brand awareness
      •  Perceived quality
      •  Brand associations
    • Designing brand identity
    • Elements of brand identity
    • Brand essence
  • Building brand portfolios
    • Branding philosophies
    • Brand growth strategies
      •  New brand
      •  Flanker/fighting brands
      •  Line extensions
      • Brand extensions
    • Successful and unsuccessful brand extensions
  • Brand evaluation
    • Brand audit defined
    • Brand audit techniques
    • The brand audit questionnaire
    • Reviewing the 'big idea'
    • Evaluating advertising
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Institute of Sales Management (ISM)

Meirc is a recognized center and an endorsed training partner for the Institute of Sales Management (ISM*). This endorsement is a badge of recognition for the high quality sales and marketing training courses offered by Meirc Training & Consulting. Upon successfully completing any of these courses, participants will be awarded an ISM Certificate in addition to the certificate they receive from Meirc Training & Consulting.

*ISM is the UK’s largest professional body for salespeople and is the authoritative voice of selling and the custodian of sales standards, ethics and best practice. The core mission of the ISM is to promote standards of excellence in sales and sales management and enhance the prestige, integrity and profile of the sales profession as a whole and to inspire sales and marketing personnel to greater heights of achievement. ISM qualifications are vocationally-related, globally-recognized and are overseen by the UK government’s regulator Ofqual so you can be sure they meet the highest standards.

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Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC)

MPC certified courses by Meirc Training & Consulting are designed for those willing to challenge themselves and go the extra distance. Participants who fully attend an MPC course and successfully complete the test on the last day, will receive a Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC), in addition to the one they receive for full attendance. MPC certificates are regionally recognized and can be quite valuable when applying for more senior roles within the organization or outside.

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Schedule & Fees

2025 Schedule & Fees

Location & Date
22 - 26 Jun, 2025
Dubai
English
Venue to be assigned
30 Nov - 4 Dec, 2025
Dubai
English
Venue to be assigned
Fees
Per participant

USD 6100

Fees + VAT as applicable

(including coffee breaks and a buffet lunch daily)

Discount Plans & Cancellations Policy

Meirc reserves the right to alter dates, content, venue, trainer, and to offer courses in an integrated virtual learning (IVL) format whereby face to face classroom participants and virtual learners participate simultaneously in the same course in an interactive learning experience.

Tax Registration Number: 100239834300003

Virtual Learning

This course is also offered in Virtual Learning, click on the course below.

ISM Endorsed Certified Brand Manager - Virtual Learning
Meirc Online Learning Solutions
ISM Endorsed Certified Brand Manager - Virtual Learning
22 - 26 Jun, 2025
English
Virtual Learning
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