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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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Sybil the Chicken: Examining KFC's Positioning Strategy

KFC -- or is it KGC? -- seems to be having a personality crisis (with all apologies to the 70s rock band New York Dolls), which means it has a positioning strategy crisis.

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It's Not the Economy. It's Brand Differentiation.

With a highly-publicized election right around the corner, a lot of debate seems to revolve around the economy . both sides blaming each other for high unemployment, taxes, national debt, and a volatile stock market.

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Grading the New Big Ten Logo

As the "resident expert" on logo design at the nation's leading agency in the practice of positioning, I was asked to provide a critique on the new Big Ten logo created by international design firm Pentagram.

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2011 New Media Trends to Watch

We've had several clients ask us about 2011 new media trends, so here's a summary of my thoughts about what may transpire this year:

Facebook continues its rise. As Facebook approaches a billion global users, we're seeing only the beginning of big things from this social network.

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Brand Analytics: Measuring Via Online Positioning Analysis

Is it possible that brand analytics about how well your position resides in the customer's mind is as simple as googling your brand name? Or perhaps searching your difference?

This approach almost seems too elementary, but if you don't rank in the top position for the basic keywords that make up your…

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"I See London, I See France ..." The Repositioning of a Word

Can words have a position? And, if so, can their positioning change over time? That is, can repositioning be achieved?

At Innis Maggiore, we know that the most powerful concept in marketing is to own a word.

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Quality Isn't Good Enough to Differentiate Your Brand

If you are tempted to say "quality" helps differentiate your brand, think again. Do you know how many times I've heard people say "quality" is one of the distinguishing features of their company's product or service? Fact is, I really can't give you a number tallying the total.

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Social Marketing ROI: July 2011 Update

In 2011 New Media Trends, I covered the trends we're seeing with Facebook and its climb to a billion members. According to its statistics page, the social network is now at 750 million plus members. One billion should be achieved by the end of 2011.

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