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What’s in a name? Only everything, including brand name value
From a marketing standpoint, the most important decision you can make is what to name your product or service. The right choice brings significant brand name value. A business’ or product’s name is one of its most important assets.
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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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Century-old book speaks to 2016 business challenges, positioning strategy
Solutions, when found, will be simple and obvious — but only in retrospect.
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What we can learn from Xerox and brand failures
Company failed (and failed again) when it strayed from its established core position. The basic positioning principle applies regardless of the size of your business or whether you sell to consumers or other businesses.
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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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Johnson Controls-Pro Football Hall of Fame Village deal is brand-building genius
Agreement announced Nov. 18 becomes day when excellence met excellence in Stark County. Chances are, most readers of The Canton Repository hadn’t formed much of an image about the Johnson Controls brand before last week, but that most certainly will change soon.
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Tendency to tinker your marketing business plan often too tempting
Sometimes the right thing to do is to do nothing, and that takes discipline. In marketing, as in investing, sometimes the right thing to do is to do nothing. But the tendency to tinker with your marketing business plan is often too tempting. Doing nothing is a decision.
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Personal Branding Builds the Value of ‘You, Inc.’: How to brand yourself
LeBron James, Donald Trump and many other celebrities know that each of us must be known for something. We need to market ourselves to further our careers. Determining how to brand yourself is more important than ever.
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Perception in marketing is reality
Brand can’t stand for two disparate ideas or dominate two categories. Perception in marketing will not allow it.
The decision not to allow your brand to stand for more than one cohesive idea is difficult, but not as difficult as actually sticking with the decision.
Appreciating advertising’s greatest game through Super Bowl ads
Stakes are high and costs considerable when companies consider purchasing a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl. Super Bowl ads can make or break a brand. A marketing column wouldn’t be a marketing column without commenting on the ultimate arena for advertising: the Super Bowl. Ultimate indeed.
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