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The Key To Failure: Hyper-Commoditization
Rite Aid. General Motors. Krispy Kreme. Sbarro. Dollar Thrifty. Trump Entertainment. What do these brands have in common? They're all expected to go under this year. What is behind this failure?
Some say the answer is obvious. It's the "economy.
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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Viral Video Marketing: How Being Different, Relevant, & Good Can Get You Far
By now, you and nearly the entire world has had the opportunity to see and hear about the viral video for Susan Boyle, the dowdy-looking Scottish woman who appeared as a contestant on Britain's Got Talent, and shocked everyone with her incredible voice.
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Messaging Strategy: The Cute v. Clever Debate
It's a messaging strategy debate that rages wherever writers write or designers design. It's an issue that can boil the polar ice caps - and the gap between the two sides can be as big as the thousands of miles between our North and South poles.
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How Positioning Aligns With Search Engine Optimization
One of the principles of positioning is that there is a specific universe who cares about your difference. Not the entire universe, but a group carved out where your difference is high value and meaningful. Many experts call this focus. Some call it a purple cow.
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Get Healthy in Cleveland: Trout Book Inspires Cleveland Positioning Idea
(Editor's Note: This PositionistView is condensed from the original article that appeared in the September 2009 edition of Inside Business. PositionistView guest author Lute Harmon Sr. is chairman of Great Lakes Publishing, which publishes Inside Business, Cleveland Magazine, Ohio Magazine and other titles.
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Starbucks: Instant Bad Karma
Starbucks Devalues Its Brand - To Go!
Starbucks has become a target over the last year or so with both Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's repositioning the coffeehouse chain to set up their own competitive positions.
Living Your Brand Position
What I Learned On My 800-Mile Trek Across Texas Interviewing 85-Year-Old Widows
If you're a regular reader of PositionistView, you're well aware of our brand position philosophy -- employing a differentiating idea, a strategy of differentiating your brand against your competition in all of your marketing messages.
Repositioning: Can BP Clean Up Its Marketing Mess?
I worked for BP 11 years, as copywriter and creative director at its agency prior to the Amoco merger.
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Visualizing Your Brand Perception with a Positioning Map: Part 1
Welcome to the first half of a discussion on the positioning map, a visual representation of your brand's perception as related to competing products. It's interesting to note that visual thinkers, people who describe thinking in pictures, are thought to represent about 60%-65% of the general population.
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