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Crafting the Brand Position
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Top Brands
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Marketing Strategy
T PSSegmentation Targeting Positioning
Companies seek to discover different needs and groups in the market (Segmentation), target those they can satisfy better than competitors, and then position their offerings so the target market is aware of the distinctive differences.
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The act of designing a company’s offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the minds of the target market.
Positioning
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Brand Positioning
• Customer wants and needs
• Company capabilities
• Competitive actions
Quality
Price
Brand A
BC
DE
F
G
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Value Proposition
What the brand is
What the brand
could be
A customer-focused value proposition gives customers a persuasive reason to buy a product.
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Brand Positioning
Frame of ReferenceIdentifying the target market and relevant
competition
Points of parity / differenceIdentify the optimal points of parity and
points of difference
Brand mantraSummarize the positioning and essence of
the brand
Positioning requires that marketers define and communicate similarities and differences between their brand and its competitors:
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Competitive Frame of Reference
Identifying CompetitorsAnalyzing Competitors
A frame of reference begins by determining the category to which the product belongs, which includes all products that a brand competes with, or can serve as a substitute. Competitors can then be analyzed and more narrowly defined.
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Frame of Reference example
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Points of Parity POP
Attribute or benefit associations that are not necessarily unique to the brand but may in fact be shared with other brands. These include category POP that are essential to a legitimate and credible offering within a certain product or service category and competitive POP that are associations designed to overcome perceived weaknesses of the brand.
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Points of Difference POD
Attributes or benefits that consumers strongly associate with a brand, positively evaluate, and believe they could not find to the same extent with a competitive brand. These attribute or benefit should be sufficiently desirable, deliverable, and differentiating.
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Points of Parity/difference Example
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Brand MantrasA brand mantra is the articulation of the heard and soul of the brand. They are short, three- to five-word phrases that capture the essence or spirit of the brand positioning. Brand mantras can provide guidance about what products to introduce under a brand, what ad campaigns to use, where, and how to sell the brand.
Brand Mantra Criteria:• Communicate: Should state what is unique about the brand.
• Simplify: It should be memorable; short, crisp, and vivid in meaning.
• Inspire: It should be personally meaningful and relevant.
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Brand Mantra
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Establishing Brand Positioning
Internally
Points of difference
Communicate Category Membership• Category Benefits• Compare to exemplars• Product descriptor
Points of parity
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Brand Positioning Bull’s-eye
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Differentiation StrategiesCompetitive Advantage: company’s ability to perform in one or more ways that competitors cannot or will not match.
Sustainable Leverageable
Customer Advantage
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Means of Differentiation Employees: train employees to provide superior customer service.
Channels: Design distribution channels’ coverage, expertise, and performance to make buying the product easier and more enjoyable and rewarding.
Image: Craft powerful, compelling images that appeal to consumers’ social and psychological needs.
Services: Design a better and faster delivery system that provides more effective and efficient solutions to consumers.
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Emotional Branding
Emotional Rational
Lovemarks• Mystery• Sensuality• Intimacy
A good positioning should contain POD and POP that appeal both to the head and to the heart. Brands that are lovemarks command both respect and love and result from a brand’s ability to achieve mystery, sensuality, and intimacy:
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Emotional Branding Examples
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Emotional Branding
Share of Market
Share of Mind
Share of Heart
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Alternative Positioning Approaches
Brand Narratives / Storytelling
Brand Journalism
Cultural Branding
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Small Business Positioning• Creative, low-cost research• Focus on fewer, stronger brands• Integrated brand elements• Create buzz• Build a brand community• Secondary associations
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