Perceptual mapping is a key analytical tool in understanding market positioning. While the best piece of software to use to construct a perceptual map is Microsoft Excel, the structuring of the graph is sometimes a little bit tricky. Either a bubble chart for a scatter chart is the most appropriate chart type in Microsoft Excel … Read more…
NAB’s Repositioning in the Australian Banking Market This video highlights a major campaign undertaken by the National Australia Bank (NAB). As you will see, this is probably one of the best executed campaigns that you will see, given that it uses so many different communication tools and its core message was effectively communicated in … Read more…
Making a bubble chart in Excel is ideal for making perceptual maps to demonstrate positioning. There are three ways to make a bubble chart in Excel, as shown the below video “How to make a bubble chart in Excel”. Alternatively, I have set up a free Excel template that automatically makes perceptual maps (using … Read more…
This website has a free Excel spreadsheet template that can enable to quickly calculate customer lifetime value for your university assignment or for your firm. Go here to download the customer lifetime value template. There are also step by step instructions on the spreadsheet as well as on website – please see using the … Read more…
When I was a marketing student, a long time ago, I did not study integrated marketing communications. Instead, I studied advertising and sales management as separate subjects. That was the way it was taught in university and that was the way it was practiced in real organizations. (In the sales/promotion era of marketing.) For … Read more…
The difference between the marketing concept and the promotional era In a number of marketing textbooks, one of the topics that they address in chapter 1 is the discussion of different marketing philosophies or concepts – which some marketing textbooks also referred to as marketing eras. Typically there are five different concepts usually discussed … Read more…
What is meant by “execution” in an advertising sense? In advertising and communication programs, one of the challenges is to execute a good creative idea. Marketing students sometimes have difficultly understanding how an idea may or may not be executed well. This is because, in theory, once a creative campaign has been planned out, … Read more…
A Good Example for Understanding Positioning Positioning is how the firm or brand wants to be perceived by consumers relative to its competitors. It is a very important topic in the study of marketing and usually forms the basis of a firm’s competitive strategy. Typically the firm structures its entire range of marketing mix … Read more…
