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AI-Powered Marketing – The Latest Disruption

If you’ve been around long enough, you remember the days when it was declared, “The internet is going to replace books!” When this was proclaimed, I worked at a book publisher (1993-94), and the owner feared he would be out of business within five years due to this proclamation by…

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Fifty Years of Positioning: the 2010s

Hipster glasses, fidget spinners, statement necklaces, and a resurgence of boat shoes were all very big in the 2010s. These trends may never return. From 2010 to 2019, however, Innis Maggiore continued to build on its reputation for positioning.

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Positioning Online: Why I.T. Can't Position Your Company Online

A little history: when the world wide web first appeared on the scene, companies had no idea what to make of it. Positioning online was not a thing. Since the web involved code and computers, it was a logical decision to put websites in the hands of the I.

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Jack Trout Answers Your Questions on Positioning (Part 1)

During Innis Maggiore's "Breakfast With Jack Trout" event, you heard Jack Trout on positioning, repositioning, and The Five Tests of Obviousness. He then opened the floor for the audience members to submit their questions on positioning.

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Jack Trout Answers Your Questions On Positioning (Part 2)

During Innis Maggiore's "Breakfast With Jack Trout" event, you heard Jack Trout on positioning, repositioning, and The Five Tests of Obviousness. He then opened the floor for the audience members to submit their questions on positioning.

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Get Healthy in Cleveland: Trout Book Inspires Cleveland Positioning Idea

(Editor's Note: This PositionistView is condensed from the original article that appeared in the September 2009 edition of Inside Business. PositionistView guest author Lute Harmon Sr. is chairman of Great Lakes Publishing, which publishes Inside Business, Cleveland Magazine, Ohio Magazine and other titles.

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Good Things Happen with Right Positioning Strategy

Great creative may touch a nerve, bring a tear or generate laughter, but it is doomed to fail as effective advertising if it is not built on a solid positioning strategy. Throughout the history of advertising, creative minds have toiled to make products popular and services desirable.

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The Practice of Positioning = Substance + Sizzle

If you read our post on Super Bowl ads, you may have noticed that our picks routinely (year in and year out) differ wildly from those of Ad Age, the industry's published mouthpiece for Madison Avenue big company advertising.

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A Brand Position Lesson: Is 31 Years in the Same Position Too Long?

Ad agency Carmichael Lynch's most recent campaign for Harley Davidson featured the rebel slogan, "Screw it. Let's ride. " After decades of communicating Harley's brand position, it seems the agency has told its long-time client to just "screw it. " There's a brand position lesson to be learned here.

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Measuring Apple's Brand Strategy

In the 2008 book, Killer Differentiators: 13 Strategies to Grow Your Brand, authors Jacky Tai and Wilson Chew conclude that Apple's brand strategy of consolidating software and hardware has "crippled its growth. " Are they right?

The answer to this brand strategy question may be a matter of perspective.

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