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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.

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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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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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When Brian Williams lies, you pay the price

There is a story behind the story in the Brian Williams false-reporting scandal. Crisis PR has played a role. NBC's credibility and the viability of the news anchor's return after a six-month suspension is the main story we're all seeing and hearing.

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Jack Trout On Tiger Woods & Buick

On April 29, 2009, nearly seven months before Tiger Woods' auto accident and subsequent personal troubles, almost five hundred business and marketing executives gathered at the John S.

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Bud Light Violates Core Positioning Principles

Set the politics aside. Forget your values for just a moment. Bud Light’s marketing fiasco reminds us that violating positioning principles can cost you a lot more than advertising dollars.

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The Good Bad & Ugly of Bed Bath & Beyond – Positioning in Business

The other evening, my wife and I were discussing the recent bad news about Bed Bath & Beyond. Bemoaning the fact that this time it probably is the end (bankruptcy usually is), she ran to the store to get the last of a few products she typically buys there.

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Advertise Responsibly®

After a recent lecture at Grove City College, a discerning student asked me the following question, “Do you ever find yourself losing sleep at night because of a marketing campaign you created that conflicted with your morals?”

My answer was easy and without hesitation. “No.

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Positioning Online: Why I.T. Can't Position Your Company Online

A little history: when the world wide web first appeared on the scene, companies had no idea what to make of it. Positioning online was not a thing. Since the web involved code and computers, it was a logical decision to put websites in the hands of the I.

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You Have Their Attention – Now Get Their Trust

Whether it’s as simple as a handwritten sign reading “Lemonade Stand,” or as complex as a Super Bowl commercial, attention marketing can be reduced to winning the gaze of the prospect. This challenge isn’t an easy one.

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