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Crafting the Brand Positioning:

Crafting the Brand Positioning Marketing Management, 13 th ed 10

Marketing Strategy:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 2 Marketing Strategy Segmentation Targeting Positioning

What is Positioning?:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 3 What is Positioning? Positioning is the act of designing the company’s offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the mind of the target market.

Value Propositions:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 4 Value Propositions Perdue Chicken More tender golden chicken at a moderate premium price Domino’s A good hot pizza, delivered to your door within 30 minutes of ordering, at a moderate price

Differentiation Strategies:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 5 Differentiation Strategies Product Channel Image Personnel

Product Differentiation:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 6 Product Differentiation Product form Features Performance Conformance Durability Reliability Reparability Style Design Ordering ease Delivery Installation Customer training Customer consulting Maintenance

Personnel Differentiation: Singapore Airlines:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 7 Personnel Differentiation: Singapore Airlines

Channel Differentiation:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 8 Channel Differentiation

Image Differentiation:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 9 Image Differentiation

Claims of Product Life Cycles:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 10 Claims of Product Life Cycles Products have a limited life Product sales pass through distinct stages each with different challenges and opportunities Profits rise and fall at different stages Products require different strategies in each life cycle stage

Figure 10.1 Sales and Product Life Cycle:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 11 Figure 10.1 Sales and Product Life Cycle

Figure 10.3 Style, Fashion, and Fad Life Cycles:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 12 Figure 10.3 Style, Fashion, and Fad Life Cycles

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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 13 Marketing Strategies: Growth Stage Improve product quality and add new product features and improved styling Add new models and flanker products Enter new market segments Increase distribution coverage and enter new distribution channels Shift from product-awareness advertising to product-preference advertising Lower prices to attract next layer of price-sensitive buyers Product Life-Cycle Marketing Strategies

Slide 14:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 14 Marketing Strategies: Maturity Stage Market Modification Expand number of brand users by: Converting nonusers Entering new market segments Winning competitors’ customers Convince current users to increase usage by: Using the product on more occasions Using more of the product on each occasion Using the product in new ways Product Life-Cycle Marketing Strategies

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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 15 Marketing Strategies: Decline Stage Increase firm’s investment (to dominate the market and strengthen its competitive position) Maintain the firm’s investment level until the uncertainties about the industry are resolved. Decrease the firm’s investment level selectively by dropping unprofitable customer groups, while simultaneously strengthening the firm’s investment in lucrative niches Harvesting (“milking”) the firm’s investment to recover cash quickly Divesting the business quickly by disposing of its assets as advantageously as possible. Product Life-Cycle Marketing Strategies

Marketing Product Modifications:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 16 Marketing Product Modifications Quality improvements Feature improvements Style improvements

Summary of Product Life-Cycle Characteristics, Objectives, and Strategies:

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.  Publishing as Prentice Hall 10- 17 Summary of Product Life-Cycle Characteristics, Objectives, and Strategies Introduction Growth Maturity Characteristics Sales Low sales Rapidly rising sales Peak sales Costs High cost per customer Average cost per customer Low cost per customer Profits Negative Rising profits High profits Customers Few Growing Number Stable number beginning to decline See text for complete table