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Don’t Dare Call It “McDonut”!

How sweet is the McDonald’s/Krispy Kreme cross-promotion strategy?

Lots of people like McDonald’s. Lots of people like Krispy Kreme.

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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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Fifty Years of Positioning: the 2000s

We survived the Y2K scare, the boy band craze, a boot-cut jeans resurgence, flip phones, and dial-up Internet early in the 2000s. This only made us stronger. From 2000 to 2010, Innis Maggiore flexed its muscles with an increased focus on positioning. Growth and recognition followed.

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Big Brand News! Pepsi No Longer #2; Dr. Pepper Rises

If you’re familiar with the term “Cola Wars,” you’re young enough to know that it has always been and was always supposed to be: Coke v. Pepsi. The Taste Test. New Coke. Mean Joe Greene. Michael Jackson. The Polar Bears. Tina Turner. The Super Bowl Half-Time Show.

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Yo Ho! Pirate Ship weighs anchor with brand distinction in a sea of sameness

Not long ago, I got an email from LinkedIn with a digest of “Top job picks for you. ” I’ve been at Innis Maggiore for over two decades and am not in the market to change that, but the first listing caught my eye.

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