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Entries in Brand Positioning (7)

Thursday
Jun192014

Brand Focus: Getting to the point

The third in a three-part series on best practices to focus your brand's offer and communication.

Five filters to sharpen your communication's focus.

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Tuesday
May272014

Brand Focus: The fear factor

The second in a three-part series on best practices to focus your brand's offer and communication.

One of the primary tasks of strategic marketing is helping brands focus both their message and their target audience.

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Thursday
May222014

Brand Focus: It's just good customer service

The first in a three-part series on best practices to focus your brand's offer and communication.

One day I decided I needed a bluetooth headset. So I popped into my local phone shop to pick one up. I was confronted with a wall of over 30 identical-looking, PVC blister-packed, bluetooth headsets. "Which is best for me?" I wondered.

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Wednesday
Apr232014

The fallacy of global brand positioning

Is it really possible to define a brand position that works globally?

When Jack Trout and Al Ries penned the marketing classic, "Positioning the Battle for Your Mind," most of the examples they used in support of their theory were domestic US cases. That never occurred to me until I began developing positioning statements for global brands. It wasn’t going well.

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Tuesday
Apr082014

5 Tips for taking your brand abroad

What are the opportunities and challenges facing brands who wish to market themselves internationally? This was the focus of "Amerikadagen." I was thrilled to share the stage with some of the sharpest thinkers in international marketing and brand development and thought I'd share a few of their insights with you. 

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Thursday
Apr032014

Positioned for Success: How SME brands can rule the world

International brand positioning tips from the Amerikadagen forum on marketing small and medium enterprises abroad. I was honored by the invitation to speak at Amerikadagen, an event that addressed the opportunities and challenges facing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that wish to market themselves abroad.

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Wednesday
Mar262014

The DOs and DON'Ts of strong brand positioning 

Few things will help your brand build an engaging online audience faster than a strong position. Your brand’s position is an early gatekeeper in the prospect’s journey to purchase and onto brand advocacy.

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