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Don't Ask Me For A Marketing Tagline

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I'd like to turn your attention to the topic of branding, dispelling some common notions about what branding is, and what it is not. For starters, it is not a marketing tagline. A logo is not a brand.

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Progressive's Brand Identity: In or Out?

Remember the 1997 movie called In and Out? It starred Kevin Kline as Howard Brackett, a Midwestern high school teacher who questioned his sexual identity after being pronounced gay on national TV by an Academy Award-winning former student.

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Getting ‘right idea’ with your brand positioning statement

Remember this rule: A brand can stand for only one idea. Readers no doubt understand when someone warns, “Don’t put the cart in front of the horse. ” This would be like marketing before developing your brand positioning statement.

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Kodak -- Blindsided by the Digital Revolution

A decade ago, Interbrand ranked Kodak as the 16th most valuable brand in the world, worth $14. 8 billion. Its stock traded as high as $94 and the company employed 145,300 people worldwide.

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Starbucks: Get Back To Being Unique

An article in the Columbus Dispatch touted that Starbucks was taking cues from its cheaper rivals. That they were seeking part of the 'value' pie. What a ghastly mistake.

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Building Durable Competitive Advantage

Warren Buffet, the “Oracle of Omaha” and arguably one of the greatest investors of all time, is a man whose perspective is widely respected across a variety of business disciplines. His yardstick for selecting companies in which he might invest also measures up in the brand-building world.

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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 consistency pivotal in building success

Staying the course requires courage, discipline. To become really good at whatever we do requires doing the right thing, then doing it consistently. This applies to just about everything.

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‘Positioning map’ can reveal your competitive advantage

Today, more than ever, businesses need the right strategies to compete and win in the hyper-competitive marketplace. No market or industry is exempt from the need to focus on and adjust the way they’re doing business.

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Nike's campaign with Kaepernick brilliant

Nike just did it. We were taught in business school not to mix the brand with politics. Conventional branding wisdom says it would be brand suicide.

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