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Progressive's Brand Identity: In or Out?

Remember the 1997 movie called In and Out? It starred Kevin Kline as Howard Brackett, a Midwestern high school teacher who questioned his sexual identity after being pronounced gay on national TV by an Academy Award-winning former student.

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Don't Ask Me For A Marketing Tagline

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I'd like to turn your attention to the topic of branding, dispelling some common notions about what branding is, and what it is not. For starters, it is not a marketing tagline. A logo is not a brand.

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Starbucks: Get Back To Being Unique

An article in the Columbus Dispatch touted that Starbucks was taking cues from its cheaper rivals. That they were seeking part of the 'value' pie. What a ghastly mistake.

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Repositioning - The Twin to Every Position

The best brand positions are said to "reposition" the competition. For every season of life and renewal, there is a shadow season of dormancy and death. For everything we are, there is what we are not. For every brand position there is a twin- the reposition.

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Competitive Positioning: Wal-Mart vs. Target

Times are topsy-turvy and one of the great reversals can be seen in the world of retail. And a lesson in competitive positioning is left to be learned. While Wal-Mart, the largest company in the world, has always dwarfed rival Target in size ($406 billion in annual revenue vs.

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The Key To Failure: Hyper-Commoditization

Rite Aid. General Motors. Krispy Kreme. Sbarro. Dollar Thrifty. Trump Entertainment. What do these brands have in common? They're all expected to go under this year. What is behind this failure?
Some say the answer is obvious. It's the "economy.

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Improve Brand Perceptions. Improve ROI.

Many marketers misunderstand marketing. They think marketing is a battle of products, not brand perceptions. Let the better product win is the adage. More than four decades of modern advertising history contradict this belief.  Coca-Cola is the worst tasting cola and still No. 1.

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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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Repositioning The Competition

Click here to play video. "Repositioning" in a Time of Competition, Crisis, and Change

On April 29, nearly five hundred business and marketing executives gathered at the John S.

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The Next Fifty Years of Positioning: the 2020s and Beyond

Where do you go when you’ve already experienced an inflatable billboard and an erasable man; hospitals, MEDsquads, flowers, and funerals; the first chicken that tastes like chicken served with the first cottage cheese with fruit inside; from spray tans and car washes to dust control and hazmat protection; pasta sauce,…

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