Chapter 4 TUTORIAL FOR POSITIONING ANALYSIS Concept There are three broad concepts associated with this tutorial: Differentiation‚ Positioning‚ and Mapping. Differentiation is the creation of tangible or intangible differences on one or two key dimensions between a focal product and its main competitors. Positioning refers to the set of strategies organizations develop and implement to ensure that these differences occupy a distinct and important position in the minds of customers. Thus‚ Kentucky
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Product Positioning "Product positioning" is a marketing technique intended to present products in the best possible light to different target audiences. The method is related to "market segmentation" in that an early step in major marketing campaigns is to discover the core market most likely to buy a product—or the bulk of the product. Once segmentation has defined this group ("active seniors‚" "affluent professional working women‚" "teens") the positioning of the product consists of creating
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Positioning Positioning is an essential part of launching your product and company in the market. The term “positioning” should be viewed both as a verb and a noun. As a verb‚ it can be defined as deploying a set of tools and processes used to influence and control the market’s perception of your product or company in relation to any competing alternatives. As a noun‚ it can be defined as an attribute or condition associated with your product. Nevertheless‚ positioning is not what your company
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Product Positioning A product positioning statement has four main components – the target‚ the frame of reference‚ the differentiation‚ and the reason(s) to believe. THE TARGET The target is who the product is for – who is the target user or customer of the product. The key to a good target definition is to balance being specific with being concise‚ you need to describe the target well enough that they can be identified‚ without being so verbose that your positioning statement goes beyond
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Tata Nano – The People’s Car 1) Why was this product a special one for market? With the concept of NANO‚ Ratan Tata Chairman of the TATA Group‚ had a vision of making “a common man’s car” which would be safe‚ affordable and made personal transportation available to anyone and everyone who could not afford to own a four-wheeler. It was meant to bring a new Dimension to the automobile industry with its low cost manufacturing. A new segment‚ Ultra Low Cost (ULC) was created‚ where Nano was
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1. Positioning- Positioning is the act of designing the company’s offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the minds of the target market. The goal is to locate the brand in the minds of consumers to maximize the potential benefit to the firm. The result of positioning is the successful creation of a customer focussed value proposition. Examples- a) Mahindra & Mahindra positioned their SUV Scorpio to life style oriented consumers. b) Indica by Tata Motors for small car consumers
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ISSN 1392-2785 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS. 2008. No 1 (56) COMMERCE OF ENGINEERING DECISIONS Theoretical Aspects of Product Positioning in the Market R ta Ostasevi i t Kauno technologijos universitetas K. Donelai io g. 73‚ LT-44029‚ Kaunas The article consists of fourteen parts‚ starting with the introduction where the novelty‚ the problem of the research‚ the object of the research‚ the purpose of the research and the research methods are described. The purpose of the article is systemization and
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Brand Positioning Submitted by: Rishi Dewan PGDM-Marketing (DCP) IMT Ghaziabad Contents Introduction 2 Process of Positioning 3 Strategies of Positioning 5 Positioning by Product attributes 5 Positioning by Quality 5 Positioning by Price 6 Positioning by User Category 7 Positioning by Use 8 Positioning by Competitor 9 Positioning by Celebration 10 Positioning Errors: 11 1. Under-positioning 11 2. Over Positioning 11 3. Confused positioning 12 4
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Summary: All companies use a specific positioning strategy when advertising their product. This strategy tells their customers and potential customers what feature of their business they want to be focused on. Allstate wants their customers to focus on the quality level of their product while State Farm and Progressive wants people to focus on certain attributes of their products. 21st Century wants potential customers to focus on their low prices and high quality of their insurance while The General
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Products‚ Positioning‚ and Market Segmentation Thorson‚ Esther (Ed). 1989. Advertising Age: The Principles of Advertising at Word. Lincolnwood‚ IL: NTC Business Books. Advertising professionals realize that the heart of any campaign is the product and the position it holds in people’s minds. Products and their brand names are newsmakers themselves. Wendy’s hamburgers‚ Apple computers‚ and California raisins (particularly when they sing and dance) are objects of our attention and interest
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