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Pleskova.
Strategic Qualitative Research Partner
to drive & protect brand equity
Strategic audit and protection of Customer-Based Brand Equity (CBBE)
Aligning innovation, restyling, and scaling within brand DNA & distinctive assets
Preserving value and protecting against misplaced investments
30+ years of live practice across 20 markets
Global Renaissance of Brand Equity
Over the past decade, the marketing focus shifted from strategic brand building to accelerated product promotion. Yet the market is cyclical, and today we are witnessing a global re-evaluation of the brand's role in an academic sense
Return of Academic Brand Building
The limit of quick wins. The obsession with pure performance marketing is exhausting itself: chasing instant returns burns brand equity, leaving ambitious businesses hitting a growth ceiling even as budgets increase
The return to balance. Global practice once again recognizes a strong brand as the primary driver of long-term profitability, directly multiplying the efficiency of performance marketing
Strategic Partnership is Essential Again
A coherent framework. Building a brand requires long-term strategic grounding: it doesn't limit tactical agility, but unlocks clear vectors for scaling
Continuity and equity. Historically, market leaders grew through long-term partnerships with researchers and strategists, preserving the integrity and consistency of meanings, identity, and distinctiveness across team transitions
Two-Speed Brand Strategy
The two-speed brand strategy (Binet & Field, Mark Ritson) aligns tactical conversion through performance marketing with long-term equity accumulation driven by consistent brand building
Sales Activation
'Short game' (up to 1 year) / performance
Converting active demand
Objective & Result: Quick sales spikes driven by convincing product offers. Impact fades once spend stops
Audience & Focus: Selected in-market segments; emphasis on the situational value proposition of specific products
Operational Approach: Agile, tactical, entrepreneurial - ready for frequent change and continuous experimentation
Exploiting existing brand equity
Brand Building
'Long game' (3–5+ years) / equity
Creating future demand
Objective & Result: Building mental availability and strong associations via emotion and trust. Result: cumulative margin growth
Audience & Focus: All buyers; emphasis on the enduring DNA and distinctive brand assets (DBAs) of the master brand
Operational Approach: Strategic, consistent, continuity-driven - preserving heritage while guiding evolutionary development
Strengthening & protecting brand equity
Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Brand Equity
Implementing a two-speed model often falters without continuous consumer connection and an independent external lens. As a Strategic Qualitative Research Partner, my role is to shield brand equity from erratic decisions and guide its authentic development
Crystallization
Uncovering brand positioning (DNA) and distinctive brand assets (DBAs)
Strong brand positioning and distinctive codes are never invented in isolation - they are uncovered within the business and real consumer perception via qualitative research
Calibration
Building mental availability and associative memory structures
Qualitative research precisely calibrates the marketing mix, ensuring positioning translates across communications, resonates with audiences, and builds enduring associations
Stewardship
Protecting brand equity and core assets from erratic changes
Internal teams tire of a brand long before the market does. Research serves as an objective anchor—protecting brand DNA and codes from arbitrary esperiments to ensure continuity
Why Me (Or Not). Practice & Expertise
While theory is universally accessible, an understanding of how brand equity is forged, strengthened, and protected in market realities comes only with decades of field practice. Since 1995, my professional practice has been focused on strategic qualitative research to build, scale, and safeguard brands
30+ Years in the Profession
Since 1995, whatever title I held on my career path — project manager, account director, or agency owner — I've always been and remain a researcher
I have always been fascinated to explore how associative networks take shape in people’s minds to become brands
School of Global FMCG Leaders
Partnerships during the prime era of category leaders — Kraft Foods (Jacobs, Milka), Danone (Activia, Actimel), P&G, JTI (Winston, Camel), Turkcell (life:))
Brand equity management across 20 markets — Imperial Tobacco (Davidoff, West), JDE (Jacobs), Bunge (Oleina), Roshen, Bob Snail
Foundational Marketing Education
In 2020, I backed my empirical experience with rigorous academic grounding (Mini MBA in Marketing and Brand Management by Mark Ritson)
I always follow industry trends and rigorously analyze them through the lens of practice
Open to professional dialogue
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