How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the marketSameer Mathur
A firm can develop an effective market position by determining a frame of reference through identifying their target market and relevant competitors. This involves identifying optimal points of parity and difference compared to competitors by analyzing their real and perceived weaknesses. A company should then choose a brand mantra that captures the essence of their brand to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. For small businesses, proper positioning and branding requires creativity within limited budgets to build their brand.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the marketSameer Mathur
This document discusses developing a strong brand positioning by creating a customer-focused value proposition that competes effectively against other brands and makes the brand's superior qualities clear to consumers. It emphasizes establishing a positioning by defining what the brand offers and why it is a better choice than competitors.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the market Sameer Mathur
Positioning is designing a company's offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the minds of consumers. It aims to locate the brand to maximize benefit. To develop positioning, a company must determine competitors by identifying substitutes and firms satisfying the same customer needs. It must then identify unique attributes (points-of-difference) and shared attributes (points-of-parity) to define its association. Finally, it creates a brand mantra or philosophy to guide its positioning.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the market?Manisha Shrivastava
This document discusses brand positioning and provides steps for developing an effective brand positioning strategy. It defines positioning as designing an offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. The key steps are: 1) determining the competitive frame of reference, 2) choosing optimal points of difference (PODs) and parity (POPs), and 3) creating a brand mantra. PODs are unique attributes that make the brand superior, while POPs are necessary shared attributes. An effective brand mantra inspires employees and is personally relevant to consumers. Communicating the positioning internally and to consumers ensures the target market understands the brand as intended.
Developing and establishing a brand positioningSameer Mathur
The document discusses the importance of developing an effective brand positioning strategy. It defines positioning as designing a company's offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. The goal of positioning is to maximize the potential benefit of the firm by locating the brand in consumers' minds. A good positioning strategy clarifies the brand's essence, identifies the goal it helps consumers achieve, and has elements that represent both its current standing and future aspirations. Determining points of difference and parity against competitors allows for optimal positioning. An effective positioning helps create a customer-focused value proposition and guides overall marketing strategy.
What are the differences in positioning and branding with a small business ?Sameer Mathur
Small businesses have limited resources for branding so they must focus on consistency, creativity, and low-cost marketing research. Some guidelines include conducting student projects to access expertise cheaply, focusing on one or two strong brands built on key associations, using integrated brand elements, creating buzz through PR and social media, and leveraging secondary associations to build equity despite constraints. Careful implementation of marketing is especially important given their resource limitations.
What is a brand, and how does branding work ?Sameer Mathur
This document defines what a brand is and how branding works. A brand is a name, symbol or design that identifies products or services from one seller and differentiates them from competitors. Branding works by allowing consumers to identify the source or maker of a product and assign responsibility for its quality. Marketers can brand physical goods, services, stores, people, places, organizations or ideas. The key is for consumers to perceive differences among brands in a product category.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the marketSameer Mathur
A firm can develop an effective market position by determining a frame of reference through identifying their target market and relevant competitors. This involves identifying optimal points of parity and difference compared to competitors by analyzing their real and perceived weaknesses. A company should then choose a brand mantra that captures the essence of their brand to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. For small businesses, proper positioning and branding requires creativity within limited budgets to build their brand.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the marketSameer Mathur
This document discusses developing a strong brand positioning by creating a customer-focused value proposition that competes effectively against other brands and makes the brand's superior qualities clear to consumers. It emphasizes establishing a positioning by defining what the brand offers and why it is a better choice than competitors.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the market Sameer Mathur
Positioning is designing a company's offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the minds of consumers. It aims to locate the brand to maximize benefit. To develop positioning, a company must determine competitors by identifying substitutes and firms satisfying the same customer needs. It must then identify unique attributes (points-of-difference) and shared attributes (points-of-parity) to define its association. Finally, it creates a brand mantra or philosophy to guide its positioning.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the market?Manisha Shrivastava
This document discusses brand positioning and provides steps for developing an effective brand positioning strategy. It defines positioning as designing an offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. The key steps are: 1) determining the competitive frame of reference, 2) choosing optimal points of difference (PODs) and parity (POPs), and 3) creating a brand mantra. PODs are unique attributes that make the brand superior, while POPs are necessary shared attributes. An effective brand mantra inspires employees and is personally relevant to consumers. Communicating the positioning internally and to consumers ensures the target market understands the brand as intended.
Developing and establishing a brand positioningSameer Mathur
The document discusses the importance of developing an effective brand positioning strategy. It defines positioning as designing a company's offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. The goal of positioning is to maximize the potential benefit of the firm by locating the brand in consumers' minds. A good positioning strategy clarifies the brand's essence, identifies the goal it helps consumers achieve, and has elements that represent both its current standing and future aspirations. Determining points of difference and parity against competitors allows for optimal positioning. An effective positioning helps create a customer-focused value proposition and guides overall marketing strategy.
What are the differences in positioning and branding with a small business ?Sameer Mathur
Small businesses have limited resources for branding so they must focus on consistency, creativity, and low-cost marketing research. Some guidelines include conducting student projects to access expertise cheaply, focusing on one or two strong brands built on key associations, using integrated brand elements, creating buzz through PR and social media, and leveraging secondary associations to build equity despite constraints. Careful implementation of marketing is especially important given their resource limitations.
What is a brand, and how does branding work ?Sameer Mathur
This document defines what a brand is and how branding works. A brand is a name, symbol or design that identifies products or services from one seller and differentiates them from competitors. Branding works by allowing consumers to identify the source or maker of a product and assign responsibility for its quality. Marketers can brand physical goods, services, stores, people, places, organizations or ideas. The key is for consumers to perceive differences among brands in a product category.
How can a-firm-develop-and-establish-an-effective-postioning-in-the-marketSameer Mathur
This document discusses developing an effective brand positioning strategy. It explains that positioning is designing an offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. It recommends determining the target market and competitors, then identifying points of parity and difference to guide the strategy. Finally, it stresses communicating the positioning to ensure consistency across representations of the brand.
What are the differences in positioning and branding with a small businessSameer Mathur
This document provides branding guidelines for small businesses. It recommends that small businesses conduct low-cost marketing research to understand customers and competitors. It suggests focusing on one or two strong brands and integrating brand elements to maximize their contribution. It also advises small businesses to create buzz and build a loyal community through word of mouth, public relations, and low-cost promotions. Finally, it suggests leveraging secondary associations to quickly build brand equity.
THE ACT OF DESIGNING A COMPANY’S OFFERING AND IMAGE TO OCCUPY A DISTINCTIVE PLACE IN THE MINDS OF THE TARGET MARKET.
-This was a Marketing Mangement Presentation.
This document introduces the Brand Concept PlatformSM methodology for defining a brand. It consists of 3 elements: the Brand Concept Frame outlines the brand's promise, product composition, reason to believe, and tone of voice. The Brand Concept Visualization illustrates the frame. The Brand Concept Statement translates the frame into consumer language. The methodology involves workshops to develop these elements based on research and stakeholder feedback. The platform provides a foundation for consistent brand communication and evaluation. The Brand Concept PlatformSM has been applied to brands like Douwe Egberts and Coca-Cola Belgium.
A positioning statement defines how a marketer wants a target market to view a brand by describing the target market and differentiating the brand. It brings clarity to marketing strategy and communicates the brand position. To write an effective positioning statement, it should include four parts: the target group and their needs, the brand, the product concept, and the point of difference from competitors. Incorporating these four parts into the statement will help effectively communicate the brand positioning.
The document discusses best practices for building and maintaining strong brands. It recommends understanding customers' real desires and perceived value, appealing to customers' imagery and feelings about the brand, setting prices based on quality and consumer value, positioning the brand differently than competitors, maintaining consistency while allowing for change, coordinating sub-brands under an umbrella brand, connecting all marketing activities, understanding what the brand means to consumers, uniquely supporting the brand, and monitoring brand equity through audits and reports. The author is Ankita Derasaria from MICA EDC 09.
The document discusses 10 attributes that are shared by the world's strongest brands according to Kevin Lane Keller. These attributes are: excellent delivery of desired benefits, staying relevant, pricing that reflects value, proper positioning, consistency, coordinated brand portfolio and hierarchy, coordinated marketing support, understanding brand meaning, long-term support, and monitoring the source of brand equity. Having a strong understanding of a brand's performance on these 10 attributes can help managers develop strategic responses to strengthen their brand equity.
The document discusses 10 traits of successful brands including recognizing strengths and weaknesses, identifying areas for improvement, and competitive benchmarking. It defines a brand report card as assessing customer benefits, relevance over time, appropriate pricing based on consumer perception of value, proper positioning in consumers' minds, consistency while staying relevant, logical brand portfolios and hierarchies, effective marketing activities to build brand equity, understanding what the brand means to consumers, sustained support through examples, and maintaining balance in brand equity management. Strong brands combine attributes, image, service, and intangibles to create an attractive whole in consumers' minds.
Brand management is a interesting and important subject to Marketing people, You willing to search everything about brand management...( Wife is a brand, if a husband can manage his wife that is a brand management because under the control...)
Be distinct or become extinct. Strong brands are brought forth by strong organisations. Effective brands are authentic and consistent with the organisation's identity.
MAP is a consulting firm that helps small and medium businesses achieve profitable growth through establishing business disciplines and accountability. MAP's brand vision is to be the preferred partner in North America for committed companies seeking to achieve goals. Its core values include integrity, teamwork, accountability and commitment. MAP's brand position positions it as the proven leader in providing a disciplined approach that creates a culture of accountability to achieve success. Its brand dimensions guide employees and are defined using workshops, leadership, sales coaching, strategic consulting and professional, passionate, flexible approaches using proven processes.
Brand positioning aims to make a brand distinct in customers' minds relative to competitors. Companies emphasize distinguishing features or create a suitable image through advertising. Once positioned, it is difficult to reposition without losing credibility. Successful positioning requires elements like uniqueness, importance to customers, being communicable, understandable, and sustainable through marketing efforts. Companies employ strategies like emphasizing attributes, benefits, applications, user groups, comparisons, or different categories. Brand alliances allow two brands to cooperate, helping penetrate new markets through industrial cooperation or joint promotions. Proper positioning can help brands achieve market success through brand association with leaders or differentiation with new attributes.
A brand is a name, symbol, design, or combination that identifies and differentiates products or services. It provides product identification and serves to differentiate competing products or services. The legal term for a brand is a trademark. A brand strategy should answer key questions about target customers, the brand's value proposition, why customers should believe in the brand, and how to communicate and implement the branding plan. Effective brand strategy involves strategic analysis, defining the brand identity and value proposition, building relationships with customers, and implementing an identity system to position and track the brand.
This document discusses brand strategy and branding. It defines branding as what makes people choose one company over another, even when products are identical, as brands make people feel something and become attached to feelings brands evoke. It also notes that branding can increase sales through loyalty, build confidence and trust, and develop product uniqueness. The document defines brand strategy as a long-term plan to achieve goals through developing a successful brand. It distinguishes between private, captive, and manufacturers' brands.
Brand positioning refers to differentiating a product or service from competitors by fitting it to a specific market segment based on benefits. An effective brand position is unique, credible, and sustainable in the consumer's mind. It clearly communicates the key benefit the brand provides. Developing a strong position requires relevance, clarity, distinctiveness, coherence, commitment, patience, and courage from management over time. Successful positioning strategies can target attributes like size, shape, price, quality, intended user demographic, or cultural symbols.
This document discusses branding and how brands have evolved over time from simply identifying livestock to differentiated consumer products to today's focus on delivering positive customer experiences. It outlines the key elements of an effective brand platform, including mission, vision, values, personality, and positioning. A strong brand platform guides an organization to deliver a consistent brand experience and voice that meets customer needs in a unique way.
Highlights from "Positioning for Professionals"Tim Williams
Size and growth alone are not effective strategies for professional firms. Specialization and focus on profitability rather than market share allow firms to differentiate themselves. Most companies attempt to appeal to all potential customers but end up appealing to none, so differentiation and boundaries are important. Effective positioning requires relevance to customer needs and clear differentiation from competitors. Successful execution is also critical to realizing the benefits of a strong positioning strategy.
There are several strategies for positioning products:
1) Using product characteristics or customer benefits to segment based on features or advantages.
2) The price-quality approach of positioning some products as premium to justify higher prices.
3) The use or applications approach of positioning based on a product's intended use case.
4) Positioning based on target users or customer groups.
How can a-firm-develop-and-establish-an-effective-postioning-in-the-marketSameer Mathur
This document discusses developing an effective brand positioning strategy. It explains that positioning is designing an offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. It recommends determining the target market and competitors, then identifying points of parity and difference to guide the strategy. Finally, it stresses communicating the positioning to ensure consistency across representations of the brand.
What are the differences in positioning and branding with a small businessSameer Mathur
This document provides branding guidelines for small businesses. It recommends that small businesses conduct low-cost marketing research to understand customers and competitors. It suggests focusing on one or two strong brands and integrating brand elements to maximize their contribution. It also advises small businesses to create buzz and build a loyal community through word of mouth, public relations, and low-cost promotions. Finally, it suggests leveraging secondary associations to quickly build brand equity.
THE ACT OF DESIGNING A COMPANY’S OFFERING AND IMAGE TO OCCUPY A DISTINCTIVE PLACE IN THE MINDS OF THE TARGET MARKET.
-This was a Marketing Mangement Presentation.
This document introduces the Brand Concept PlatformSM methodology for defining a brand. It consists of 3 elements: the Brand Concept Frame outlines the brand's promise, product composition, reason to believe, and tone of voice. The Brand Concept Visualization illustrates the frame. The Brand Concept Statement translates the frame into consumer language. The methodology involves workshops to develop these elements based on research and stakeholder feedback. The platform provides a foundation for consistent brand communication and evaluation. The Brand Concept PlatformSM has been applied to brands like Douwe Egberts and Coca-Cola Belgium.
A positioning statement defines how a marketer wants a target market to view a brand by describing the target market and differentiating the brand. It brings clarity to marketing strategy and communicates the brand position. To write an effective positioning statement, it should include four parts: the target group and their needs, the brand, the product concept, and the point of difference from competitors. Incorporating these four parts into the statement will help effectively communicate the brand positioning.
The document discusses best practices for building and maintaining strong brands. It recommends understanding customers' real desires and perceived value, appealing to customers' imagery and feelings about the brand, setting prices based on quality and consumer value, positioning the brand differently than competitors, maintaining consistency while allowing for change, coordinating sub-brands under an umbrella brand, connecting all marketing activities, understanding what the brand means to consumers, uniquely supporting the brand, and monitoring brand equity through audits and reports. The author is Ankita Derasaria from MICA EDC 09.
The document discusses 10 attributes that are shared by the world's strongest brands according to Kevin Lane Keller. These attributes are: excellent delivery of desired benefits, staying relevant, pricing that reflects value, proper positioning, consistency, coordinated brand portfolio and hierarchy, coordinated marketing support, understanding brand meaning, long-term support, and monitoring the source of brand equity. Having a strong understanding of a brand's performance on these 10 attributes can help managers develop strategic responses to strengthen their brand equity.
The document discusses 10 traits of successful brands including recognizing strengths and weaknesses, identifying areas for improvement, and competitive benchmarking. It defines a brand report card as assessing customer benefits, relevance over time, appropriate pricing based on consumer perception of value, proper positioning in consumers' minds, consistency while staying relevant, logical brand portfolios and hierarchies, effective marketing activities to build brand equity, understanding what the brand means to consumers, sustained support through examples, and maintaining balance in brand equity management. Strong brands combine attributes, image, service, and intangibles to create an attractive whole in consumers' minds.
Brand management is a interesting and important subject to Marketing people, You willing to search everything about brand management...( Wife is a brand, if a husband can manage his wife that is a brand management because under the control...)
Be distinct or become extinct. Strong brands are brought forth by strong organisations. Effective brands are authentic and consistent with the organisation's identity.
MAP is a consulting firm that helps small and medium businesses achieve profitable growth through establishing business disciplines and accountability. MAP's brand vision is to be the preferred partner in North America for committed companies seeking to achieve goals. Its core values include integrity, teamwork, accountability and commitment. MAP's brand position positions it as the proven leader in providing a disciplined approach that creates a culture of accountability to achieve success. Its brand dimensions guide employees and are defined using workshops, leadership, sales coaching, strategic consulting and professional, passionate, flexible approaches using proven processes.
Brand positioning aims to make a brand distinct in customers' minds relative to competitors. Companies emphasize distinguishing features or create a suitable image through advertising. Once positioned, it is difficult to reposition without losing credibility. Successful positioning requires elements like uniqueness, importance to customers, being communicable, understandable, and sustainable through marketing efforts. Companies employ strategies like emphasizing attributes, benefits, applications, user groups, comparisons, or different categories. Brand alliances allow two brands to cooperate, helping penetrate new markets through industrial cooperation or joint promotions. Proper positioning can help brands achieve market success through brand association with leaders or differentiation with new attributes.
A brand is a name, symbol, design, or combination that identifies and differentiates products or services. It provides product identification and serves to differentiate competing products or services. The legal term for a brand is a trademark. A brand strategy should answer key questions about target customers, the brand's value proposition, why customers should believe in the brand, and how to communicate and implement the branding plan. Effective brand strategy involves strategic analysis, defining the brand identity and value proposition, building relationships with customers, and implementing an identity system to position and track the brand.
This document discusses brand strategy and branding. It defines branding as what makes people choose one company over another, even when products are identical, as brands make people feel something and become attached to feelings brands evoke. It also notes that branding can increase sales through loyalty, build confidence and trust, and develop product uniqueness. The document defines brand strategy as a long-term plan to achieve goals through developing a successful brand. It distinguishes between private, captive, and manufacturers' brands.
Brand positioning refers to differentiating a product or service from competitors by fitting it to a specific market segment based on benefits. An effective brand position is unique, credible, and sustainable in the consumer's mind. It clearly communicates the key benefit the brand provides. Developing a strong position requires relevance, clarity, distinctiveness, coherence, commitment, patience, and courage from management over time. Successful positioning strategies can target attributes like size, shape, price, quality, intended user demographic, or cultural symbols.
This document discusses branding and how brands have evolved over time from simply identifying livestock to differentiated consumer products to today's focus on delivering positive customer experiences. It outlines the key elements of an effective brand platform, including mission, vision, values, personality, and positioning. A strong brand platform guides an organization to deliver a consistent brand experience and voice that meets customer needs in a unique way.
Highlights from "Positioning for Professionals"Tim Williams
Size and growth alone are not effective strategies for professional firms. Specialization and focus on profitability rather than market share allow firms to differentiate themselves. Most companies attempt to appeal to all potential customers but end up appealing to none, so differentiation and boundaries are important. Effective positioning requires relevance to customer needs and clear differentiation from competitors. Successful execution is also critical to realizing the benefits of a strong positioning strategy.
There are several strategies for positioning products:
1) Using product characteristics or customer benefits to segment based on features or advantages.
2) The price-quality approach of positioning some products as premium to justify higher prices.
3) The use or applications approach of positioning based on a product's intended use case.
4) Positioning based on target users or customer groups.
How to measure brand positioning 20110126Thomas Dmoch
The document discusses various methods for measuring brand positioning, including traditional attitude scales, semantic differentials, and decomposing and composing models. It also covers qualitative approaches like associative networks and mental imagery analysis. Neuroscience methods are mentioned but said to still be exploratory. The icon iceberg model is presented as a validated approach for measuring brand imagery and linking it to downstream metrics like sales by taking both conscious and unconscious factors into account. In summary, the document analyzes different techniques for quantifying a brand's positioning in the mind of the consumer.
The document discusses Dove's brand strategy and positioning. It aims to redefine beauty standards and empower women by making them feel more confident and optimistic about their natural beauty. Dove products are designed to nourish skin and hair from within in order to repair damage and strengthen hair, reducing hair fall and breakage. The brand also runs an educational self-esteem project to help young people improve their self-esteem.
Dove's campaign for real beauty targets vulnerable women to empower them and challenge narrow definitions of beauty. It established the Dove Self-Esteem Fund to run workshops and programs around the world helping over 800,000 girls build self-esteem. Dove's viral videos started important online conversations about beauty. The campaign aims to benefit women's self-image and well-being while profiting Dove through increased purchasing, demonstrating a successful shared value model.
Dove creates personal care products and campaigns to promote positive body image for women. They target women ages 18-35 who want effective, affordable products without harsh chemicals. Through their Real Beauty campaigns, Dove aims to show women that they are naturally beautiful and should feel confident without needing to change their appearance. They position themselves as a premium but accessible brand that values customers' well-being over exaggerated marketing claims.
This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 2 of the textbook "Services Marketing". It discusses a framework for understanding customer behavior in service encounters using a three-stage model of the service consumption process: pre-purchase, service encounter, and post-encounter stages. In the pre-purchase stage, customers seek solutions to needs, evaluate service options, and consider risks. The service encounter stage examines customer participation and interactions during service delivery. In the post-encounter stage, customers evaluate service quality, experience satisfaction or dissatisfaction, and determine future intentions toward the service provider. The document also outlines different categories of services and their implications for customer behavior.
Areas Covered :
Evolution of the Brand
Brand Identity
Brand Personality
Logo of the Brand
Tagline of the Brand
Brand Connect with intended customer
Where does the Brand fit in the company’s scheme of things??
Ad campaign analysis (both Print and TVC)
This document discusses competitor analysis and competitive strategies. It defines key terms like competitive advantage and outlines the process for analyzing competitors, including identifying them, assessing their strategies and strengths/weaknesses, and selecting which to attack or avoid. It also covers Porter's basic winning strategies of cost leadership, differentiation, and focus. Finally, it discusses different competitive positions like market leader, challenger, follower, and nicher. The overall purpose is to help understand competitors and develop effective competitive strategies.
Service Positioning
After a service strategy has been identified, a company must decide how to position its product most effectively. The concept of positioning involves establishing a distinctive place in the minds of target customers relative to competing products.
In “The New Positioning: The Latest on the World's #1 Business Strategy”, Jack Trout distills the essence of positioning into the following four principles
1. A company must establish a position in the minds of its targeted customers.
2. The position should be singular, providing one simple and consistent message.
3. The position must set a company apart from its competitors.
4. A company cannot be all things to all people—it must focus its efforts.
Positioning and Marketing Strategy
Companies use positioning strategies to distinguish their services from competitors and to design communications that convey their desired position to customers and prospects in the chosen market segments. There are a number of different dimensions around which positioning strategies can be developed.
Dove launched a marketing campaign called "Campaign for Real Beauty" to promote positive body image. The campaign features ordinary women rather than models and aims to build women's self-esteem. Dove's parent company Unilever generates over €51 billion in annual sales from brands in over 190 countries. Market research shows most women are dissatisfied with their appearance and Dove aims to address this issue through advertising, websites, billboards, and panel discussions to promote its message.
This document provides a template and guidance for conducting a market and competitor analysis. It includes sections for analyzing the target market, market size and growth, market profitability and trends, and key success factors. The competitor analysis section includes templates for identifying competitors, comparing competitors based on various criteria, positioning competitors on a matrix, and ranking the top competitors. The overall aim is to save consultants time by providing an editable PowerPoint template to analyze the market and key competitors for a given business.
The document discusses the basics of service marketing. It defines services as acts or efforts that provide a solution to customers' problems. Services are characterized as intangible, heterogeneous, produced during customer interaction, and perishable. The growth of the service sector is driven by factors like innovation, social trends, and the knowledge economy. Services play an important role in economies and can be classified based on their type and degree of interaction/customization. Technology is also changing how customers interact with service providers.
1. The document discusses brand positioning strategies, which involve designing a company's offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. This helps guide marketing by clarifying the brand's essence and how it uniquely helps consumers.
2. Key aspects of positioning include identifying optimal points of difference that differentiate the brand from competitors, as well as necessary points of parity. A brand mantra is created to inspire employees and engage consumers.
3. Alternative approaches to positioning discussed are using brand narratives and storytelling, brand journalism, and cultural branding to build an iconic leadership brand through cultural knowledge.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the marketKruthika Akanaboina
This document discusses brand positioning and outlines key steps for developing an effective brand positioning strategy. It defines positioning as designing an offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. The main steps are: 1) determining the competitive frame of reference, 2) choosing optimal points of difference (PODs) and parity (POPs), and 3) creating a brand mantra that communicates the brand's core promise simply and inspires employees. Effective positioning develops a customer-focused value proposition, is differentiable from competitors, and is communicated consistently to consumers and employees.
How can a firm develop and establish an effective positioning in the market.pptxSameer Mathur
The document discusses how firms can develop and establish effective brand positioning in the market. It explains that positioning is designing a company's offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the minds of the target market. It then outlines three key steps to develop positioning: 1) determine the competitive frame of reference to identify main competitors, 2) determine the unique points of difference and shared points of parity compared to competitors, and 3) create a memorable brand mantra that defines the category and inspires customers.
This document summarizes key concepts in brand positioning and brand audits. It discusses determining a brand's points of parity and points of difference compared to competitors. An effective brand positioning clearly defines the target market and competitive frame of reference. A brand audit examines both internal and external perceptions of a brand to understand its sources of equity and recommend strategies to maximize long-term value. The audit involves inventorying brand elements, exploring consumer perceptions, and identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.
Brand positioning involves emphasizing the distinguishing characteristics of a brand that make it appealing to consumers and different from competitors. It specifies how a brand's products will penetrate the market to grow market share. Developing an effective brand position involves defining the target market, relevant competitive categories, a unique point of difference valued by consumers, and messaging that communicates this difference. Choosing the right point of difference is key - it must distinguish the brand in a way that motivates customers.
Markman visual model chap 10 crafting the brand positioningRalph Raymund Pinon
This document discusses crafting an effective brand positioning strategy. It begins by explaining how firms can choose and communicate a positioning by developing a competitive frame of reference looking at points of difference and parity. It then discusses differentiation strategies and how positioning and marketing strategies should change across the product lifecycle stages and with market evolution. The key tasks covered are understanding effective positioning, differentiation, adapting to the product lifecycle, and implications of market changes.
A firm can develop an effective positioning by defining its brand's value proposition, points of parity and difference compared to competitors, and creating a concise brand mantra. Marketers identify competition by analyzing their market share, brand awareness, and customer preference. Brands are successfully differentiated by offering desirable attributes that competitors cannot match, through elements like employees, channels, image and services. For small businesses, positioning requires emphasizing uniqueness and fit within niche markets.
A brand strategy is a plan for brand management that answers the big questions: who, where, why, what and when?
Building a strong brand requires a continuous commitment to excellence and an understanding of the qualities that define
the brand.
Here a practical guide to help you outline a successful Brand strategy.
6th Alex Marketing Club (Brand Positioning) by.Dr.Amany SabryMahmoud Bahgat
This document discusses brand positioning. It begins by defining what a brand is - a name, symbol or design that identifies a seller's goods/services and differentiates them from competitors. Brand identity, image and positioning are explained as how a brand is intended, received and positioned relative to others.
It emphasizes that the customer should be at the center of branding. Brand image is the impression formed in a customer's mind. Why branding is important for companies is discussed. Brand positioning represents a brand's "place" in a market segment based on attributes customers value. Various positioning techniques are covered like umbrella positioning and product repositioning. Criteria for evaluating positioning strategy are provided.
This document summarizes a marketing presentation about creating brand equity and crafting brand positioning. It discusses key concepts like brand equity, customer-based brand equity, building brand equity through identity, meaning, response and relationships. It also covers choosing memorable, meaningful, likable, transferable, adaptable and protectable brand elements. Other topics include internal branding, the brand value chain, and crafting brand positioning by identifying points of parity and points of difference compared to competitors. Examples are provided for Lifebuoy and Sandalina Sandal Soap brands.
Content Extracted from “Strategic Brand Management” 3rd Edition
Authors:
Kevin Lane Keller
M.G. Parameswaran
Issac Jacob
Presentation developed from SLIM Diploma In Brand Management Students
Presentation developed by Leroy J. Ebert (22nd March, 2014)
Crafting the Brand Positioning
Developing & Establishing a Brand Positioning
Points-of-difference
Points-of-parity
Brand Mantras
Communicating Category Membership
Consumer Desirability Criteria for PODs
Deliverability Criteria for PODs
Differentiation Strategies
Positioning and Branding a Small Business
A brand platform, or corporate image, is the set of associations that customers make with your company. Some of these associations may be quite obvious and strong, like the brand Volvo is associated with safety. In other cases, the associations can be weak; BMW, for instance, may be associated with safety but only in a very weak manner. The possible associations that a brand may want to have actually comes from many sources. For example, it may come from the benefits the customers in a target market may care the most about. But it can also come from various descriptors or the self-image of the target audience. It can also come from a company’s history or core competency.
This document discusses developing brand strategy. It begins by defining what a brand and strategy are, noting that a brand identifies goods/services and differentiates them, while strategy determines the direction and scope of an organization. It then discusses defining the brand's position by understanding the consumer, market context, competition, and goals. It introduces tools like the strategy clock and canvas that can be used to analyze competitive positioning and identify opportunities. The document emphasizes crafting the brand strategy elements of target market, value propositions, purpose, vision, mission, values, and personality to guide the brand.
This document discusses developing brand strategy. It begins by defining what a brand and strategy are, noting that a brand identifies goods/services and differentiates them, while strategy determines the direction and scope of an organization. It then discusses defining the brand's position by determining target consumers, market context, competitors, and goals. Other sections cover competitive advantage, the strategy clock, strategy canvas, innovation opportunities, and components of brand strategy like purpose, vision, mission, values, personality, and proposition. The overall purpose is to provide guidance on developing a comprehensive brand strategy.
The document provides an overview of digital marketing and content marketing strategies. It discusses key concepts like defining goals and metrics, identifying target audiences, creating different types of content, and measuring performance. Content marketing tactics include focusing on quality content, addressing pain points, optimizing content for mobile, and using various content formats and channels for distribution. Copywriting strategies involve crafting headlines, bullet points, and body copy that highlight problems and solutions to attract and persuade prospective customers."
The document discusses three models for brand planning: the brand positioning model, brand resonance model, and brand value chain model. The brand positioning model focuses on developing unique brand points-of-difference and shared points-of-parity to guide brand strategy. The brand resonance model describes building customer-based brand equity through six hierarchical levels. The brand value chain model traces how marketing expenditures create brand value at different stages.
This document provides information on how to build a strong brand identity from scratch. It discusses defining a brand's core identity through leadership brand types, identity elaboration, proof points, role models, positioning, and associations. It also covers selecting target markets through various segmentation approaches. Additional topics include points of difference/parity, overcoming negative perceptions, developing a brand mantra, and conducting brand audits. The overall message is that thoroughly understanding these brand identity and positioning fundamentals is key to creating a distinctive brand that resonates with customers.
This document provides an overview of brand positioning. It begins with definitions of branding, positioning, and brand positioning. It then discusses perceptual mapping and how positioning approaches can be based on attributes, benefits, use occasions, price-quality, product categories, competitors, and repositioning. Common positioning errors like under, over, and confused positioning are explained. The document also covers brand mantras, taglines, and provides case studies on the positioning of ENO antacid and Maggi noodles in India.
Brand management provides benefits to both buyers and sellers. For buyers, brands help reduce purchase risk and time by aiding product identification and quality evaluation. For sellers, brands help differentiate products, create brand loyalty to stabilize market share, and potentially allow premium pricing. Brand equity is the value provided by brand recognition and impressions. It is developed through all customer touchpoints and communications over time. Managing brand equity helps drive revenue growth and competitive advantage. Effective brand positioning involves communicating distinct attributes to occupy a unique place in customers' minds.
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Creative that cracks the code, a harvard business review’s marketing article ...Sameer Mathur
After a decade of internet-driven advertising, ads are no longer created solely by art directors but instead utilize new creative strategies. These strategies include using memes and humor (Wonderful Pistachios campaign), games and apps (Coca-Cola China), crowd-sourcing (Oreo Cookies), subtle humor (Kia Motors), social movements (M&S Shwopping), and blending ads with content (Neiman Marcus). For the large Indian market, these strategies could include using memes, prioritizing creativity and simplicity, incorporating humor, and enabling ads as games that leverage the large crowd and smartphone usage.
This document summarizes a marketing internship for Yash Sharma at IIM Lucknow under Professor Sameer Mathur. It discusses marketing strategies of Flipkart and Micromax in India. It also provides an overview of key concepts in marketing management, including developing marketing strategies and understanding the marketing environment.
This slide gives the detail analysis that a company perform on some well establish dimensions for using creativity in advertising for mor effectiveness
Disney Consumer Products has faced increasing criticism for contributing to childhood obesity through marketing of unhealthy food to children. In response, DCP adopted three strategies: 1) Licensing characters to Imagination Farms to promote fresh produce, 2) Using Disney stickers on fruits to influence children's purchase requests, 3) Partnering directly with Kroger supermarkets to offer a large line of healthier Disney-branded food products. The strategies aim to position Disney as a leader in addressing the obesity epidemic by promoting water, milk, yogurt, fruit and healthier reformulated foods and portions to children.
The document discusses branding strategies for UnME Jeans, a denim company targeting women aged 12-24. It notes declining effectiveness of traditional advertising due to consumer media habits shifting online. An advertising agency proposes integrating traditional and social media campaigns. Specifically, they recommend a Facebook page to develop the brand profile and community. This allows two-way communication and targeting of the key demographic. It balances cost effectiveness with some control over content compared to riskier user-generated sites like YouTube, Zwinktopia and Second Life. The agency expects this hybrid approach will increase brand awareness and possibility of the brand going viral among young women.
Steinway & Sons, a prestigious piano manufacturer established in 1853, was purchased in 1995 by Dana Messina and Kyle Kirkland for $100 million. The document provides background on Steinway's history of crafting high-quality grand pianos. It also analyzes the declining piano industry and Steinway's financials and competitors in 1994. The new owners face decisions around Steinway's niche strategy and the owners' roles, with both apprehension about industry trends and excitement about owning this iconic brand.
Steinway & Sons, known for producing high-quality grand pianos, was purchased by The Selmer Company in 1995 for $100 million. Selmer was led by Messina and Kirkland. While Steinway had $100 million in annual sales, unit sales of grand pianos had declined due to trends like the rise of electronic keyboards and Asian imports gaining market share. Additionally, Steinway introduced a mid-priced Boston piano line in 1992, departing from its usual high-end strategy. The case discusses whether the purchase was worthwhile for Selmer, and how Steinway can enhance its business under new leadership.
The document discusses Ann Banks' assignment to develop Saxonville Sausage Company's Italian sausage brand Vivio into a national product. It outlines Ann's research process, including focus groups that identified potential brand positions of "Family Connection" and "Clever Cooking". Further quantitative testing showed "Family Connection" was the better concept. The document concludes with recommendations for advertising, packaging, product innovations and in-store materials to support the "Family Connection" positioning of Vivio as bringing people together over delicious meals. While expanding Vivio nationally carries a risk of cannibalizing other Saxonville brands, the document argues different seasonal and demographic profiles minimize this risk.
Saxonville Sausage Company is a 70-year-old family-owned business headquartered in Saxonville that generates $1.5 billion in annual revenue primarily from its bratwurst and breakfast sausage products. Its Italian sausage brand Vivio has been successful regionally in the Eastern US but lacks a clear positioning. Saxonville is considering strengthening Vivio's marketing strategy by developing a target demographic and geographic profile as well as values-based positioning concepts to drive national expansion. Focus groups and additional research are recommended to identify the best positioning approach for Vivio to capitalize on the growing Italian sausage market and compete against local and national brands.
Dove evolved from a soap brand launched by Unilever in 1957 to focus on skin moisturization. In 2004, Dove launched "The Campaign for Real Beauty" to promote a wider definition of beauty using ordinary women. This provocative campaign increased buzz through viral YouTube videos and talk show appearances. Unilever supported the campaign through advertising, public relations, and the Dove Self-Esteem Fund while decentralizing brand management between brand development and local brand building teams. As a result, Dove experienced major growth and was identified as one of the top gaining brands in brand health by 2006.
How should the company manage and organize its international activitiesSameer Mathur
The document discusses different organizational structures that a company can use to manage its international activities, including an export department, international division, global organization, and a glocal strategy. It presents the key components of each structure such as geographical organizations, product groups, subsidiaries, and operating units. The document was created by Anurag Vij during an internship to explore how companies can organize their international marketing efforts.
How do marketers influence country of-origin effectsSameer Mathur
This document discusses country-of-origin effects and how marketers can influence perceptions of different countries. Country-of-origin effects refer to the psychological beliefs triggered by a country's reputation. Marketers build country images through associating countries with certain industries or concepts, like India with yoga and spirituality, New Zealand with locations in Lord of the Rings, and Japan with luxury cars. Different countries have developed reputations in certain sectors, such as America for high tech innovations, India for its IT sector, and Japan for its automobile sector.
What are major ways of entering a foreign marketSameer Mathur
This document discusses various ways for companies to enter foreign markets, including direct exports, indirect exporting through agents or distributors, licensing, joint ventures, and direct investment through acquiring part or all of a local company. It provides examples of how KFC and NIIT have successfully entered foreign markets by tailoring their offerings to local tastes and using franchising models.
What are the differences between developing and developed marketsSameer Mathur
Developing markets offer opportunities for companies to market directly to consumers in rural areas through innovative approaches. For example, Grameenphone marketed cellphones to 35,000 villages women in Bangladesh and Colgate-Palmolive used video vans to demonstrate toothbrushing benefits in rural India. While multinational companies focus on expanding globally, some local companies in developing nations focus on building products for their own emerging domestic markets. The presentation also notes key developing nations and the fastest growing economies including Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
How can companies evaluate and select foreign markets to enterSameer Mathur
The document discusses strategies for companies to evaluate and select foreign markets to enter globally. It outlines approaches for deciding how many markets to enter initially, such as the waterfall approach of starting in one market and moving to others over time, or the sprinkler approach of entering multiple markets simultaneously. The document also provides guidance on identifying potential markets, such as considering developing versus developed economies, and evaluating these markets based on factors like market size, growth rates, and cultural differences.
What factors should a company review before deciding to go abroadSameer Mathur
Before deciding to expand globally, a company should research several key factors about target countries including their economic conditions, legal and political structures, and consumer markets. Failure to thoroughly evaluate these country-specific considerations could lead to unintended consequences. The presentation recommends companies carefully study a country's economy, laws and regulations, and potential customer base through in-depth market research.
From Hope to Despair The Top 10 Reasons Businesses Ditch SEO Tactics.pptxBoston SEO Services
From Hope to Despair: The Top 10 Reasons Businesses Ditch SEO Tactics
Are you tired of seeing your business's online visibility plummet from hope to despair? When it comes to SEO tactics, many businesses find themselves grappling with challenges that lead them to abandon their strategies altogether. In a digital landscape that's constantly evolving, staying on top of SEO best practices is crucial to maintaining a competitive edge.
In this blog, we delve deep into the top 10 reasons why businesses ditch SEO tactics, uncovering the pain points that may resonate with you:
1. Algorithm Changes: The ever-changing algorithms can leave businesses feeling like they're chasing a moving target. Search engines like Google frequently update their algorithms to improve user experience and provide more relevant search results. However, these updates can significantly impact your website's visibility and ranking if you're not prepared.
2. Lack of Results: Investing time and resources without seeing tangible results can be disheartening. The absence of immediate results often leads businesses to lose faith in their SEO strategies. It's important to remember that SEO is a long-term game that requires patience and consistent effort.
3. Technical Challenges: From site speed issues to complex metadata implementation, technical hurdles can be daunting. Overcoming these challenges is crucial for SEO success, as technical issues can hinder your website's performance and user experience.
4. Keyword Competition: Fierce competition for top keywords can make it hard to rank effectively. Businesses often struggle to find the right balance between targeting high-traffic keywords and finding less competitive, niche keywords that can still drive significant traffic.
5. Lack of Understanding of SEO Basics: Many businesses dive into the complex world of SEO without fully grasping the fundamental principles. This lack of understanding can lead to several issues:
Keyword Awareness: Failing to recognize the importance of keyword research and targeting the right keywords in content.
On-Page Optimization: Ignorance regarding crucial on-page elements such as meta tags, headers, and content structure.
Technical SEO Best Practices: Overlooking essential aspects like site speed, mobile responsiveness, and crawlability.
Backlinks: Not understanding the value of high-quality backlinks from reputable sources.
Analytics: Failing to track and analyze data prevents businesses from optimizing their SEO efforts effectively.
6. Unrealistic Expectations and Timeframe: Entrepreneurs often fall prey to the allure of quick fixes and overnight success. Unrealistic expectations can overshadow the reality of the time and effort needed to see tangible results in the highly competitive digital landscape. SEO is a long-term strategy, and setting realistic goals is crucial for success.
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Google Ads Vs Social Media Ads-A comparative analysisakashrawdot
Explore the differences, advantages, and strategies of using Google Ads vs Social Media Ads for online advertising. This presentation will provide insights into how each platform operates, their unique features, and how they can be leveraged to achieve marketing goals.
In this humorous and data-heavy session, join us in a joyous celebration of life honoring the long list of SEO tactics and concepts we lost this year. Remember fondly the beautiful time you shared with defunct ideas like link building, keyword cannibalization, search volume as a value indicator, and even our most cherished of friends: the funnel. Make peace with their loss as you embrace a new paradigm for organic content: Pillar-Based Marketing. Along the way, discover that the results that old SEO and all its trappings brought you weren’t really very good at all, actually.
In this respectful and life-affirming service—erm, session—join Ryan Brock (Chief Solution Officer at DemandJump and author of Pillar-Based Marketing: A Data-Driven Methodology for SEO and Content that Actually Works) and leave with:
• Clear and compelling evidence that most legacy SEO metrics and tactics have slim to no impact on SEO outcomes
• A major mindset shift that eliminates most of the metrics and tactics associated with SEO in favor of a single metric that defines and drives organic ranking success
• Practical, step-by-step methodology for choosing SEO pillar topics and publishing content quickly that ranks fast
What’s “In” and “Out” for ABM in 2024: Plays That Help You Grow and Ones to L...Demandbase
Delve into essential ABM ‘plays' that propel success while identifying and leaving behind tactics that no longer yield results. Led by ABM Experts, Jon Barcellos, Head of Solutions at Postal and Tom Keefe, Principal GTM Expert at Demandbase.
We will explore the transformative journey of American Bath Group as they transitioned from a traditional monolithic CMS to a dynamic, composable martech framework using Kontent.ai. Discover the strategic decisions, challenges, and key benefits realized through adopting a headless CMS approach. Learn how composable business models empower marketers with flexibility, speed, and integration capabilities, ultimately enhancing digital experiences and operational efficiency. This session is essential for marketers looking to understand the practical impacts and advantages of composable technology in today's digital landscape. Join us to gain valuable insights and actionable takeaways from a real-world implementation that redefines the boundaries of marketing technology.
Are you struggling to differentiate yourself in a saturated market? Do you find it challenging to attract and retain buyers? Learn how to effectively communicate your expertise using a Free Book Funnel designed to address these challenges and attract premium clients. This session will explore how a well-crafted book can be your most effective marketing tool, enhancing your credibility while significantly increasing your leads and sales while decreasing overall lead cost. Unpacking practical steps to create a magnetic book funnel that not only draws in your ideal customers, but also keeps them engaged. Break through the noise in the marketing world and leave with a blueprint that will transform your sales strategy.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era"" is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
How to Use AI to Write a High-Quality Article that Ranksminatamang0021
In the world of content creation, many AI bloggers have drifted away from their original vision, resulting in low-quality articles that search engines overlook. Don't let that happen to you! Join us to discover how to leverage AI tools effectively to craft high-quality content that not only captures your audience's attention but also ranks well on search engines.
Disclaimer: Some of the prompts mentioned here are the examples of Matt Diggity. Please use it as reference and make your own custom prompts.
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
In today's digital world, customers are just a click away. "Grow Your Business Online: Introduction to Digital Marketing" dives into the exciting world of digital marketing, equipping you with the tools and strategies to reach new audiences, expand your reach, and ultimately grow your business.
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Efficient Website Management for Digital Marketing ProsLauren Polinsky
Learn how to optimize website projects, leverage SEO tactics effectively, and implement product-led marketing approaches for enhanced digital presence and ROI.
This session is your key to unlocking the secrets of successful digital marketing campaigns and maximizing your business's online potential.
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- Leverage Product-Led Marketing: Explore strategies for incorporating product-led marketing principles into your digital marketing efforts, enhancing user engagement and driving conversions.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to elevate your digital marketing game and achieve tangible results!
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In the face of the news of Google beginning to remove cookies from Chrome (30m users at the time of writing), there’s no longer time for marketers to throw their hands up and say “I didn’t know” or “They won’t go through with it”. Reality check - it has already begun - the time to take action is now. The good news is that there are solutions available and ready for adoption… but for many the race to catch up to the modern internet risks being a messy, confusing scramble to get back to "normal"
The advent of AI offers marketers unprecedented opportunities to craft personalized and engaging customer experiences, evolving customer engagements from one-sided conversations to interactive dialogues. By leveraging AI, companies can now engage in meaningful dialogues with customers, gaining deep insights into their preferences and delivering customized solutions.
Susan will present case studies illustrating AI's application in enhancing customer interactions across diverse sectors. She'll cover a range of AI tools, including chatbots, voice assistants, predictive analytics, and conversational marketing, demonstrating how these technologies can be woven into marketing strategies to foster personalized customer connections.
Participants will learn about the advantages and hurdles of integrating AI in marketing initiatives, along with actionable advice on starting this transformation. They will understand how AI can automate mundane tasks, refine customer data analysis, and offer personalized experiences on a large scale.
Attendees will come away with an understanding of AI's potential to redefine marketing, equipped with the knowledge and tactics to leverage AI in staying competitive. The talk aims to motivate professionals to adopt AI in enhancing their CX, driving greater customer engagement, loyalty, and business success.
First Things First: Building and Effective Marketing Strategy
Too many companies (and marketers) jump straight into activation planning without formalizing a marketing strategy. It may seem tedious, but analyzing the mindset of your targeted audiences and identifying the messaging points most likely to resonate with them is time well spent. That process is also a great opportunity for marketers to collaborate with sales leaders and account managers on a galvanized go-to-market approach. I’ll walk you through the methods and tools we use with our clients to ensure campaign success.
Key Takeaways:
-Recognize the critical role of strategy in marketing
-Learn our approach for building an actionable, effective marketing strategy
-Receive templates and guides for developing a marketing strategy
Capstone Project: Luxury Handloom Saree Brand
As part of my college project, I applied my learning in brand strategy to create a comprehensive project for a luxury handloom saree brand. Key aspects of this project included:
- *Competitor Analysis:* Conducted in-depth competitor analysis to identify market position and differentiation opportunities.
- *Target Audience:* Defined and segmented the target audience to tailor brand messages effectively.
- *Brand Strategy:* Developed a detailed brand strategy to enhance market presence and appeal.
- *Brand Perception:* Analyzed and shaped the brand perception to align with luxury and heritage values.
- *Brand Ladder:* Created a brand ladder to outline the brand's core values, benefits, and attributes.
- *Brand Architecture:* Established a cohesive brand architecture to ensure consistency across all brand touchpoints.
This project helped me gain practical experience in brand strategy, from research and analysis to strategic planning and implementation.
2. Positioning?
The act of designing a company’s offering and image to
occupy a distinctive place in the minds of the target market.
3. the strategies
1. Determining a competitive frame of reference.
2. Identifying optimal POPs and PODs.
3. Choosing PODs and POPs.
4. Brand Mantras.
5. Establishing Brand positioning.
6. Alternative approach to positioning.
4. Determining a competitive frame of reference
Defines which other brands compete with
and
therefore which brands should be the focus of competitive analysis.
5. Determining a competitive frame of reference
• Start Knowing which
companies satisfying the
same customer need.
Identifying
competitors
• Gather information
about each competitor’s
real and perceived
strengths and weakness.
Analysing
competitors
6. Identifying optimal PODs and POPs
Points of Difference (PODs)
•Attribute or benefits strongly associated
with brand and couldn’t be found in the
same extent with a competitive brand.
Points of Parity (POPs)
•Attribute or benefits not necessarily
unique to the brand but may in fact be
shared with others brands.
7. Choosing POPs and PODs
Perceptual mapping of consumer perceptions and preferences.
creating market opportunities by overlaying
consumer preferences with brand perception.
8. Please make some small words….
Capture the irrefutable essence or spirit of the Brand position.
13. Establishing Brand positioning
Communicate PODs and POPS
Kill this difficulty by
Addressing brand attributes or benefits separately as PODs or POPs.
Developing a product or service that performs well on both dimensions.
14. Alternative approaches to positioning
Some provocative ideas on how to positive a brand
BRAND NARRATIVES AND STORYTELLING
Describing a Brand as a narrative or
story.
BRAND JOURNALISM
Communicating different message to
different market segments.
CULTURAL JOURNALISMCUTURAL
Assembling cultural knowledge.
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16. Created by Pranav Anand, IIT Kharagpur
during an internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
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