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How can a firm choose and communicate an effective positioning in the market? How are brands differentiated? What marketing strategies are appropriate at each stage of the product life cycle? What are the implications of market evolution for marketing strategies?
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What is Positioning?
Positioning is the act of designing the companys offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the mind of the target market.
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Value Propositions
Perdue Chicken
More tender golden chicken at a moderate premium price
Dominos
A good hot pizza, delivered to your door within 30 minutes of ordering, at a moderate price
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Defining Associations
Points-of-parity Points-of-difference (PODs) (POPs) Attributes or benefits Associations that consumers strongly are not necessarily associate with a unique to the brand brand, positively but may be shared evaluate, and believe with other brands they could not find to the same extent with a competitive brand
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Comparing to exemplars
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Relevance
Distinctiveness
Believability
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Feasibility
Communicability
Sustainability
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Examples of Negatively Correlated Attributes and Benefits Low-price vs. High quality Taste vs. Low calories Nutritious vs. Good tasting Efficacious vs. Mild Powerful vs. Safe Strong vs. Refined Ubiquitous vs. Exclusive Varied vs. Simple
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Differentiation Strategies
Product
Personnel
Channel
Image
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Product Differentiation
Product form Features Performance Conformance Durability Reliability Reparability Style Design Ordering ease Delivery Installation Customer training Customer consulting Maintenance
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Channel Differentiation
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Image Differentiation
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Decaying maturity
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Advertising
Sales promotion Services
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A Product in Decline
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Emergence
Growth
Maturity
Decline
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Emerging Markets
Latent
Single-niche Multiple-niche
Zibbie Zone is one of several virtual worlds tied to toys.
Mass-market
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Marketing Debate
Do brands have finite lives? Take a position: 1. Brands cannot be expected to last forever. or
Marketing Discussion
What strategies do firms use to try to position themselves on the basis of pairs of attributes and benefits?
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