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It’s a dog-eat-dog world: the rise of challenger brand advertising
There have always been brands like McDonalds, Nike, and Amazon, that dominate the headspace of consumers. Despite massive control of their respective markets, this shield isn’t entirely impenetrable. Challenger brand advertising has historically found gaps in their armor by bringing attention to consumer desires left unsatisfied.
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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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Google Reverses Its Decision — Third-Party Cookies are Back!
Google announced its initial intentions to eliminate third-party cookies in 2020. While the decision was based on protecting the data privacy rights of users, companies and marketers were left racing to replace them.
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Think digital branding in today's B2B sales
Brand positioning is designed to tee up sales — a mission as important as ever with today’s plethora of digital branding opportunities to engage and motivate our customers and prospects. The brand’s position is the distinctive idea that separates it from its competitors.
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Effective Advertising: Big question is whether to entertain or inform
Every ad person wrestles with the conundrum whether effective advertising should focus more on entertaining or more on informing.
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'You Matter' to Leading Local Health Plan Provider AultCare
Stark County health plan provider does everything it can to keep costs low and quality high; 'You Matter' is much more than just a slogan. Since its inception in 1985, AultCare hasn't strayed one iota from its original single-minded focus.
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Palmer Vacations Listens Closely to Deliver Trips Worth Talking About
Canton’s original travel company is still making dreams come true after 114 years; exceptional staff and service keep customers coming back for more. There's much more to being a successful travel planner than simply booking a few flights, hotel rooms and tours. Travel planning is a very customer-centric business.
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Positioning for Success: The Value of Designing a New Category
Want to dominate a business category? There’s only one sure way to do it: create a NEW category. As we learned from Jack Trout’s, Marketing Warfare, “if you’re not #1 or #2, be something new!” As positionists, we’re always encouraging our clients to stand apart.
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Think like a start-up when developing your company mission
Early and often over the history of this column our counsel has been about the importance of strategy in marketing our products and services and in the company mission. We say it often because it is so critical. It cannot be overstated.
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Company Focus: Know your ‘why’ to focus on ‘where’ and ‘how’
In last week’s column, we discussed the importance of finding your “why” — the reason your company does what it does beyond making money. It’s wrapped around a higher purpose. The why is considered immutable. The answer, we learned, comes from the customer’s perspective.
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