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The aspects of the product offering that are relatively distinct to the offerings of like competitors.
The aspects of the product offering that are largely similar to the … Read more...
Positioning is defined as the target market’s perception of the product’s key benefits and features, relative to the offerings of competitive products.
The important aspects of this definition are:
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 … 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 … Read more...
When you study Services Marketing at university, essentially you are learning about firms that primarily sell a service as their core product. The whole essence of a services marketing textbook … Read more...
A key aspect of a successful marketing strategy is the clear definition and communication of a sought-after value proposition. A good way to think about the firm’s value proposition is consider what is different … Read more...
