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Making Quality Job 1 Helps Belden Brick Stack Up to Competition

Family-owned, operated company is sixth-largest U. S. brick manufacturer; has served as ‘standard of comparison’ for 133 years. Ford Motor Co. popularized the slogan “Quality is Job 1” in its 1980s ad campaigns.

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Has Dr. Frankenstein Become a Celebrity Chef?

The sometimes-scary story of strange food brand collabs.  

Sit down, relax, and join me in sharing food and drink that combines some flavors you would never have thought of (or asked for).

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Niche Up for Success

With a GDP of nearly $20 trillion and a citizenry accounting for more than a quarter of the global household consumption, the United States is inarguably the most hyper-consumer economy in the history of the world. Hyper-consumerism begets hyper-competition. Hyper-competition is the No. 1 problem facing marketers today.

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Brand extension can help growth, but keep your focus

Companies must know the difference between line extension and a brand extension . . . and when to go each route. Apple CEO Tim Cook learned a gem of a lesson from the legendary Steve Jobs. “I learned that focus is key.

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Positioning delivers when marketing a professional business firm

Legion are the tales of marketing battles waged by brands that consumers see on retail shelves. But a huge number of businesses go to market every day with no tangible product — yet they are locked in marketing combat.

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Super Bowl LIV Advertising: The game behind the game

(As seen in Crain’s Cleveland Business. )

Will more brands brave the political fray in 2020?

For many years, advertisers were cautioned not to mix brands with politics. Conventional wisdom said choosing sides was commercial suicide.

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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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2024 Super Bowl Ads Winners and Losers

If you read our “How to Critique Super Bowl Commercials” PositionistView article last week, you know we have a fairly critical eye when judging the commercials. Along with a crazy overtime Chiefs’ win, the ads also provided plenty of chatter at our watch party.

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Nimbleness, Quality Fuel Growth at Premier Building Solutions

Stark County manufacturer has expanded three times since forming in 2008; Company setting itself up for continued growth in 2019 — and beyond. Some companies struggle to find buyers interested in their products and services. Massillon’s Premier Building Solutions never had that problem.

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Market Positioning and the Context Filter: Stanley vs. Kodak

In a recent planning session for our 50th anniversary events, I was surprised to learn that our senior project manager had specified a Stanley mug for our kickoff celebration swag bag. I’m a Yeti fan, so this choice raised my curiosity. I might have even expected Hydro Flask.

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