Building Your Brand In The Face Of Coronavirus

As a professional marketer or business owner there is no way you look out at the market landscape and think ‘today is no different than yesterday.’ And when I say that, I mean the world of brand marketing, now that we’re nearly three-weeks into a virtual economic shutdown due to the spread of Coronavirus, looks almost nothing like it did the day before it started.

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If Your Brand Disappeared, Would Anyone Give A Damn?

According to Havas’ 2019 Meaningful Brands report the answer for most brands is NO. In fact, based on the report’s findings more than ¾ of all brands could disappear and no one would care. If you’re a marketer this fact should scare the hell out of you!

The Meaningful Brands report shows that most consumers are significantly …

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The Elegance Of Focus

We have all watched in aww the dancer who seemingly floats across the floor, or the diver who after a series of flips and twists enters the water with a nearly imperceptible splash.

No one believes the professional dancer or …

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Will GoPro Survive 2019

GoPro has become synonymous with action cameras particularly for the extreme sports community. Unfortunately for GoPro, the market they're in seems to be too small to sustain a public company and leadership has been unable …

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“The essence of strategy is …

… that you must set limits on what you’re trying to accomplish.”  --Michael Porter

Few products are introduced that revolutionize markets. Most often, products are introduced with only marginal differences from competitors. Many marketers focus on trying to win over the same customers who are already using a competitive brand by convincing them their product is “better.” In many cases, these marketers spend a great deal of time and money making the case for why consumers need to change…

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Targeted Positioning Strategy

Most new products find themselves competing in markets that are becoming more crowded and competitive, increasing the importance of brand positioning strategy. In many instances, an easily recognizable competitive advantage does not exist for these new products. In fact, at first glance, many customers may see these products as offering very little advantage (if any at all) …

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Targeted Positioning Strategy (Part-2)

In our last PositioningTip®, we identified the increased importance of differentiating brands when competing in crowded and competitive markets. We reviewed how, in these situations, brand teams have a tendency to move toward a broader, less narrowly-defined positioning strategy in an attempt to widen their field of opportunity. This less-descriptive positioning often leads to a less interesting—and frequently under performing—brand. While our last tip outlined one potential solution: strengthening the positioning by …

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Mature Brands Can Be Competitive Brands

At the end of last week, I was doing an interview for a marketing podcast. Near the end of the session, the interviewer asked an interesting question:

“When a potential client calls you, what is the main problem they call about?”

My mind quickly sorted through the hundreds of conversations I’ve had over the years and I came up with a list of three general areas …

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