Nokia Brand dimensions.

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2.3 Nokia brand dimensions

In this essay, I will go deeper in Nokia's branding strategy by looking through its four brand dimensions: brand personality, brand positioning, product strategy and brand promoting through advertising

2.3.1 Brand personality.

An important key that Nokia uses to build its brand strength is developing a unique brand personality. Let's make a comparison between Nokia and its strongest competitor, Motorola. As Tam Harbert of Electronic Business magazine has put it: "If Nokia Corp. were a person, it would be young, sexy, sophisticated, hip and generally "with it"". Ask analysts to personify Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson-even its name is stiff--and you'd get an austere, conservative, middle-aged Swedish engineer."

So, generally, what does Nokia stand for?

Nokia has detailed many personality characteristics for its brand, but employees do not have to remember every characteristic. They do, however, have to remember the overall impression of the list of attributes, as one would when thinking about someone one has met.

As the strategic focus is on customer relationships, the Nokia personality is like a trusted friend. Building friendship and trust is at the heart of the Nokia brand.

The Nokia brand personality is:

-Characterized by trust, dependability, understanding, and caring

- A friend is there for you, treats you with respect, is comfortable, is someone you like, and is an enjoyable person with whom to spend time.

A case in point - Nokia 5110, the first mobile phone that utilizes Graphical User Interface, shows an easily understandable icon next to words that describe it quickly won user acceptance in a short while, people went crazy about it and marvel at the user friendliness it has. It is also the first mobile phone that includes a simple yet mesmerizing game --Snake. This adds up to the frenzy, other than...