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Brand Strategy Essentials

Brands & Brand Positioning

Do You Have A Strategy Or Are You Just Confirming Your Biases?

An Actionable Definition of Brands. Benefits. Examples. Approach.

What Is A Brand Positioning? Definition, Benefits, And Examples

Can Marketers Affect Consumer Sensitivity To Price Changes?​ (A Study By Kantar)

Defending Differentiation By Mark Ritson

Positioning for Profit – A Panel Discussion With Three Positioning Experts – Organized By The Conference Board.

Brand Positioning Objective Setting

Three axioms and three questions that summarise all of brand strategy – By Mark Ritson

Steve Jobs on Quality

Steve Jobs On Apple’s Brand Strategy (Brought To Life By The Famous “Think Different” Campaign)

The Nine Most Common Brand-Positioning Mistakes On MarketingProfs

How Your Brand Equity Can Help You Weather Uncertain Times

Five Things You Need To Build A Trusted & Beloved brand. Interview In Authority Magazine.

A Successful Brand Positioning Relies On The “HOW” Not The “WHY”! Sorry (Not Sorry!)

Positioning-Roulette: Die Suche Nach Dem Schluessel

What Modern Brands Can Learn From A 75 Years Old Russian Motorcycle Brand?

The Power Of Positioning in One Cartoon

Positioning Strategies for A Post-Craft-Beer World

The Brand Persuasion Wheel: Six Principles To Increase The Persuasiveness Of Your Brand!

Think Before Jumping On The Brand Purpose Bandwagon

Sources of Brand Associations

Culture Is One Of 26 Powerful Sources Of Brand Associations

Give Meaning To A Perceived Brand Weakness

Aspirational Consumer Values As Source Of Brand Association

Consumer Rituals As Source Of Brand Association

Brand Assets As Sources Of Brand Associations.

Identify Your Brand’s Real Purpose & Avoid Costly Blunders

Associating Your Brand With The Category Gold Standard

Create A Ritual Around The Usage Or Consumption Of Your Brand!

Brand Archetypes As Sources Of Brand Associations

Positioning Case Studies

Liquid Death – An Exciting But Controversial Marketing Case Study

Mark Ritson On How Dove Challenged Beauty Industry Stereotypes (Effie Case Study)

Mark Ritson On The Power Of Apple’s Brand Positioning

Why this financial company is using streaming and social media ads to boost brand awareness

A Little Contribution To This DigiDay Article About Nectar Hard Seltzer

A Little Contribution To This DigiDay Article On The Brand Crumbl Cookies

“Flawsome”: how turning a negative brand perception into a positive one can increase sales by 540%

Taco Bell “Live Mas”: How Tapping Into The Right Brand Archetype Can Lead To A 13% Same-Store Sales Increase.

Expedia “Travel Yourself Interesting”: How Challenging Category Conventions Can Generate An ROI of 1:11.

Aero Mexico: How To Overcome Negative Consumers Perceptions To Drive Business Results.

Irobot: A Great Product line In Need of a Big Brand Idea

FTT Case Study: PLAYERfirst: A Revolutionary Approach to Overcoming Lottery Industry Threats

7 Potential Growth Strategies to Revitalize Harley Davidson

What Every Brand Can Learn From Dos Equis & The Lake Wobegon Effect!

Brand Assets

6 Strategic Reasons Every Brand Should Consider Using Brand Mascots:

Brand Stewards Should Consider Using A Brand Character/Avatar When….

Consumer Insights

What is a Consumer Insight And Why Does It Matter? (With Examples)

8 Immutable Truths About Insights!

How do I know I have a business-building insight?

49 Proven Techniques To Uncover Better Consumer Insights

15 Counter-Intuitive Ways To Generate Consumer Insights Your Competition Is Not likely To Use!

5 Untapped Opportunities to Connect with Moms

3 Myths About Millennials Marketing You Need To Stop Perpetuating (HuffPost Business)

Insights: The 10 Habits Of Highly Effective Millennial Marketers

24 Universal Mommy Insights

Creative Problem Solving

7 Ways to Improve Your Creative Problem-Solving Skills.

Get Inspired By The Deck Of Brilliance

4 Ways To Become A Better Creative Problem-Solver In SmartBrief

Developing A Brand Positioning Is A Creative Problem-Solving Exercise

5 Tips to Get the Most Out Of Your Virtual Ideation Sessions!

The Importance of Our Mental Frames of Reference

Your Brain Doesn’t Want You To Be Innovative!

5 Things Every Marketer & Strategist Should Do Regularly To Become Better At Their Job!

4 really simple ways to come up with game changing ideas.

The Four Brains of a Strategist. Which One Do you Use Most?

Two Innovation Lessons “Baby Carrots” Can Teach Brands. Yes “Baby Carrots”!

Business To Business

Category Entry Points In A B2B World

9 Tips to Create A Compelling Messaging Strategy For Technology Service Providers:

The 6 Criteria Technology Buyers Use To Select A Technology Service Provider – Learning From over 650 Interviews With Corporate IT Buyers!

Y2K called; it wants it Customer Journey back!

The 6 Inevitable “Marketing Challenges” Every B-to-B Company Will Eventually Have To Address

Rigorous Quantitative B-to-B Research in Technology – Now You Can!

Top 10 Learning Resources

Podcast Interviews

The Global Discussion – Interview With Ulli Appelbaum

The How-To Guide To Brand Positioning On The German MarkenKraft Podcast

Developing Positioning & Messaging Strategies For BtoB And Technology Firms on The Pragmatic Institute Podcast

“Marketing Champions” with Ulli Appelbaum On DailyAdBrief.com

The Brand Positioning Workbook On UNmiss.com

Interview on The Business Innovators Radio Network.

How To Position Your Brand On The Innovabuzz Podcast.

How To Effectively Position Your brand For Success On The Unified Brand Podcast.

The Art & Craft Of Brand Positioning Development On The SalesPop Podcast

The Brand Positioning Workbook On The Master’s Voice Podcast In India

Ulli Appelbaum Discusses the Need for Strategic Thinking in the Transactional World of Digital Marketing

Ulli On The Brand Master Academy Podcast

Positioning Roulette on the “Everyone Hates Marketers” Podcast with Louis Grenier!

“Aha! The Indispensable Insight generation Toolkit” on the Data Guru Podcast

Miscellaneous

What Sustainable Brands Can Learn About Persuasive Messaging from a Chicken

7 Things I Have Learned As An “Old White Guy” About Winning And Successfully Managing A DE&I Heavy Brand Strategy Assignment

Three Lessons “Karens” Can Teach US About Succesful Brand-Building

The Creative Brief Bank Collected by Baiba Matisone

JWT Planning Guide

13 reasons CMOs should consider hiring a fractional Chief Strategy Officer!

“The Brand Positioning Workbook” Reviewed Book Review on Ads Of Brands

Expert Endorsement of The Brand Positioning Workbook In The Welp Magazine

5 Traits that Define The Ideal Executive Coach, According To Their Clients!

7 Reasons Why Riding A Motorcycle Will Make You Better At Your Job (And Maybe Life):

How To be More Creative AND Profitable As An Agency!

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