This document summarizes key concepts from the book "Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind" by Al Ries and Jack Trout. It discusses how marketing strategies can be informed by lessons from military warfare. The authors outline four marketing strategies - defensive, offensive, flanking, and guerrilla warfare - and provide examples of how companies like Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and IBM employed these strategies in competition. The document also discusses characteristics of an effective "marketing general" to develop strategy.
This is book review on 'MARKETING WARFARE', a Marketing Bestseller by Al Ries and Jack Trout the duo authors of book 'Positioning'. This book explains how 'Marketing is also a war played on the battlefield of 'Customer's minds'.
This book is one of the greatest marketing manuals ever written--the classic that defines the strategies, plans, and campaigns of today's marketing battlefield. Marketing is war. To triumph over the competition, it's not enough to target customers. Marketers must take aim at their competitors - and be prepared to defend their own turf from would-be attackers at all times. This indispensable guide gives smart fighters the best tactics - defensive, offensive, flanking, and guerrilla.
What are the various strategies adopted by the companies in today's world of competition, how they will succeed in long run, what they want to achieve & how can they achieve??
It is all about strategies adopted , Let us learn them out
This is book review on 'MARKETING WARFARE', a Marketing Bestseller by Al Ries and Jack Trout the duo authors of book 'Positioning'. This book explains how 'Marketing is also a war played on the battlefield of 'Customer's minds'.
This book is one of the greatest marketing manuals ever written--the classic that defines the strategies, plans, and campaigns of today's marketing battlefield. Marketing is war. To triumph over the competition, it's not enough to target customers. Marketers must take aim at their competitors - and be prepared to defend their own turf from would-be attackers at all times. This indispensable guide gives smart fighters the best tactics - defensive, offensive, flanking, and guerrilla.
What are the various strategies adopted by the companies in today's world of competition, how they will succeed in long run, what they want to achieve & how can they achieve??
It is all about strategies adopted , Let us learn them out
An article which was published in Harvard business Reviews and was introduced by Nirmalaya Kumar
Presentaions contains different strategies, suggestions as well as different case studies of successful bussiness to fight with respect to low cost bussiness as there main key success factors
This ppt is about the Walmart company, it's leadership, it's founder and about it's operations. The details were taken from the internet. The ppt was prepared as part of the academics.
An article which was published in Harvard business Reviews and was introduced by Nirmalaya Kumar
Presentaions contains different strategies, suggestions as well as different case studies of successful bussiness to fight with respect to low cost bussiness as there main key success factors
This ppt is about the Walmart company, it's leadership, it's founder and about it's operations. The details were taken from the internet. The ppt was prepared as part of the academics.
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Marketing Warfare Strategies
For MBA students of marketing etc.
offensive and defensive marketing strategies
offensive:
frontal attack
encirclement attack
bypass attack
defensive:
position
pre emptive
counteroffensive
mobile
conraction
Flanking attack
guerrila marketing
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2. “By far the most valuable & exciting business book to
come along years” – Glamour
"Had Coca-Cola only listened to Trout and Ries, it
would have known that to tamper with the Real
Thing would be to court disaster." New York
"Chock-a-block with examples of successful and failed
marketing campaigns. . .Makes for a very interesting
and relevant read." USA Today
"Revolutionary! Surprising!"Business Week
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3. 2500 Years of War.
The Principle of Force.
The Superiority of the Defense.
The New Era of Competition.
The Nature of the Battleground.
The Strategic Square.
Principles of Defensive Warfare.
Principles of Offensive Warfare.
Principles of Flanking Warfare.
Principles of Guerilla Warfare.
The Cola War.
The Beer War.
The Burger War.
The Computer War.
Strategy and Tactics.
The Marketing General
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5. There is much that marketers can learn from
military strategy. Ries and Trout tell the story of
several famous battles in history that illustrate
lessons of warfare. These battles range from
Marathon in 490 B.C. when the Greeks used the
phalanx to defeat the more numerous Persian
invaders, to the Normandy invasion of the second
world war.
The lessons from these famous battles illustrate
the concepts of:
Planning,
Maneuvering, and
Overpowering the opposing side.
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6. SAYING: It is easier to get on the top then to stay
there.
Ries and Trout: Once at the top, a company can
use the power of its leadership position to stay
there.
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7. A prepared defense that is expecting an attack has
an advantage that can only be overcome by an
overwhelmingly larger attacker.
A study was made of 25 brands that held the number
one position. Sixty years later, 20 of those 25 brands
still held the number one position. Hence, it is very
difficult to overtake the market leader.
When the defenders are taken by surprise, it usually
is because they ignored warnings or did not take
them seriously.
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8. As in military strategy, it is unwise for a firm to
publicly
Ries and Trout argue that it is strategy and not
hard work that determines success. state
deadlines for its victory.
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9. Marketing battles do not take place in
geographic areas, nor in stores. Rather,
marketing battles take place in the mind of the
consumer.
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10. Ries and Trout discuss four strategies for fighting a marketing
war:
Defensive Warfare
Offensive Warfare
Flanking Warfare
Guerrilla Warfare
For this discussion, assume that there are four firms and
each is approximately twice the size of the next closest
to it.
In such an environment, each of the four firms has
different objectives:
Number 1 firm: market domination
Number 2 firm: increased market share
Number 3 firm: profitable survival
Number 4 firm: survival
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11. A defensive strategy is appropriate for the
market leader. Ries and Trout outline three
basic principles of defensive marketing
warfare:
1. Defensive strategies only should be pursued
by the market leader.
2. Attacking yourself is the best defensive
strategy.
3. The leader always should block strong
offensive moves made by competitors.
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12. An offensive strategy is appropriate for a firm that is number or
possibly number 3 in the market. However, in some cases,
no firms may be strong enough to challenge the leader with
an offensive strategy. In such industries, the market leader
should play a defensive strategy and the much smaller
firms should play a flanking or guerrilla one.
Ries and Trout present the following three principles of
offensive strategy:
1. The challenger's primary concern should be the
strength of the leader's position, not the challenger's
own strengths and weaknesses.
2. The challenger should seek a weakness in the leader's
strength - not simply a weakness in the leader's position.
3. Attack on as narrow a front as possible. Avoid a broad
attack.
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13. A flanking attack is not a direct attack on the leader, but
rather, an attack in an area where the leader has not
established a strong position.
A flanking move is best made in an uncontested area.
A flanking move should have an element of surprise.
Follow-through (pursuit) is equally as important as the
attack itself.
A flanking move does not require a totally new product.
Instead, the product only needs to be different enough to
carve its own position.
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14. Guerrilla marketing differs from a flanking campaign in
that the guerrilla move is relatively small and differs
significantly from the leader's position. Guerrilla
marketing is appropriate for companies that, relative to
the competition, are too small to launch offensive or
flanking moves.
Identify a segment that is small enough to defend.
Never act like the leader, even if successful in the
guerrilla attack.
Be ready to enter or exit on short notice.
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15. In 1915 Coca-Cola introduced 6-1/2 ounce bottle.
The size and shape was just right to fit the hand,
and this bottle and its association with Coca-Cola
was a major strength.
Pepsi introduced a larger bottle for the same price
as the smaller bottle of Coke.
Because of the way the size and shape of the
bottle fit the hand, it could not be enlarged easily.
The dispensing machines for Coke were designed
for nickels only, so the price could not easily be
changed.
These weaknesses were a direct result of Coke's
strength and illustrate the second principle of
offensive warfare: the challenger should seek a
weakness in the leader's strength.
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16. Schlitz was the top brand, but lost its lead to
Budweiser in a close battle.
Then Heineken entered the market as an import
with a successful flanking attack, maintaining its
import lead by following through with strong
advertising budgets.
In the 1970's many brewers introduced light
beers as line extensions. Ries and Trout believe
that the line extensions are unwise because the
extensions inadvertently flank a firm's own
leading brand.
This happened to Miller High Life after Miller Lite
was introduced. Miller Lite was successful, but
Miller High Life suffered as it lost its position in
the mind of the consumer as the working man's
beer. 16
17. McDonald's was the leader and Burger King tried offensive
maneuvers.
The moves that were unsuccessful were those that extended
the product line and that copied McDonald's.
The campaigns that were successful differentiated Burger
King from McDonald's. For example, Have it your
way attacked a weakness in McDonald's consistent
production line process that had the flip side of being
inflexible.
Even more successful were the advertisements emphasizing
the fact that Burger King's burgers were flame-broiled while
McDonald's were fried.
Wendy's successfully flanked McDonald's by targeting adults
rather than children, offering adult-size portions and launching
the highly successful ”Where's the beef?” campaign.
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18. White Castle was the low-end guerrilla who
limited their geographic scope, did not add a
confusing array of other products, and
maintained a high level of sales in each
establishment.
White Castle observed the guerrilla principle
of never acting like the leader, and as a
result was able to coexist peacefully.
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19. IBM became the market leader in the 1950's, and
many other companies attempted to emulate
IBM, but IBM continued to hold a majority market
share.
In the 1960's Digital Equipment Corporation
launched a successful flanking attack by
introducing the PDP-8 minicomputer, winning the
position of small computers.
According to Ries and Trout, IBM should have
blocked this move by introducing their own
minicomputer, but they failed to do so until 11
years later.
With DEC owning the minicomputer market, Ries
and Trout argue that DEC should have been the
company to introduce the PC in the business
market. 19
20. DEC failed to do so, and IBM launched its PC in
1981 with virtually no competition in the business
market.
IBM effectively flanked DEC with a product in the
small computer market, just as DEC had done to
IBM 15 years earlier.
Many companies introduced their own PC's but
IBM pursued the defensive strategy that a leader
should pursue by attacking itself, first with the
improved PC-XT and then with the PC-AT.
While IBM owned the business PC market, Apple
took the lead in home PC's. IBM unsuccessfully
attempted to attack Apple in the home computer
market with the PCjr, illustrating that a company's
position is more important than its size.
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21. Strategy can be developed using a top-down or a
bottom-up approach.
Ries and Trout explain that a good strategy does not
depend on brilliant tactics. Mediocre tactics usually are
sufficient for a good strategy.
In marketing, advertising can be considered tactics and
many managers falsely assume that success depends
almost entirely on the quality of the advertising
campaign.
The best way to protect against a response is to attack
the weakness in the leader's strength so that the leader
cannot respond without giving up its strength.
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22. Ries and Trout believe in having relatively few people
involved in the strategic process.
A marketing general has the following characteristics:
Flexibility - to adjust the strategy to the situation.
Courage - to make a decision and stand by it.
Boldness - to act without hesitation when the time is right.
Knowing the facts - in order to formulate strategy from the
ground up.
Knowing the rules - but internalizing them so they can be
forgotten.
Lucky - marketing warfare has an element of chance; a
good strategy only makes the odds more favorable.
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23. o Imposes ideas
o Too judgemental
o Some examples are not practical in real life
o Aggressive strategies
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