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Election Season: Competitive positioning strategy wins

The better candidate doesn’t always win. Candidates with the better competitive positioning strategy do. Voters need to feel an emotional connection. Trump vs. ClintonWe just couldn’t help ourselves. The 2016 presidential election campaign is like no other.

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Size Doesn't Matter! Marketing Focus Does.

Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of business. To those of you in leadership positions: The foundation of effective leadership is thinking through the organization's difference, defining it and establishing it, clearly and visibly. You have to have a well differentiated brand to survive today.

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Listening to customers improves understanding

Jack Welch, longtime CEO of General Electric, was known for his wise counsel on all manner of business matters. One of his famous quotes really hits home for companies as they come to terms with the importance of their relationships with customers.

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Building Durable Competitive Advantage

Warren Buffet, the “Oracle of Omaha” and arguably one of the greatest investors of all time, is a man whose perspective is widely respected across a variety of business disciplines. His yardstick for selecting companies in which he might invest also measures up in the brand-building world.

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Diebold thrives on nearly 160 years of brand reinvention

Diebold Nixdorf, as Diebold is known today following the acquisition of its major German rival, is the embodiment of a company that has responded well when the time came to reinvent itself. The company has thrived on nearly 160 years of brand reinvention.

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The Death of Cookie Tracking Makes Way for Innovation

Advertisers have long been known for how well they accept change, pivot to new possibilities and adopt the newest technologies. There is not only an understanding of what’s out there now but also what’s on the horizon. The death of third-party cookie tracking is no exception.

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Brand Repositioning Misses: Lessons from Toys ‘R’ Us

Beyond my office window, directly across Whipple Avenue, sits the once mighty, and now vacant, Toys “R” Us building.

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Super Bowl Advertising: Will advertisers ‘show me the new’ in Super Bowl LII?

In Super Bowl advertising, it might be the year of the familiar — familiar advertisers, familiar celebrities, familiar teasers, familiar promotional stunts and humor. Familiar is not all bad.

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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 map’ can reveal your competitive advantage

Today, more than ever, businesses need the right strategies to compete and win in the hyper-competitive marketplace. No market or industry is exempt from the need to focus on and adjust the way they’re doing business.

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