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Marketing Management, 4/e
Harper W Boyd
Orville C Walker, Jr
John W Mullins
Jean-Claude Larreche

Differentiated Positioning Lays the Foundation for Winning Marketing Strategies

Chapter Overview

  • Clear and distinctive positioning that differentiates a product from others with which it competes is usually essential for developing a winning marketing strategy.
  • The positioning process outlined in this chapter helps decision makers choose a position that maximizes their chance of establishing sustainable competitive advantage.
  • Distinctive and intense positioning is best accomplished when based on one or at most two attributes. More are likely to be confusing to customers.
  • Writing clear and succinct positioning statements or value propositions can play an important role in ensuring effective development and execution of a marketing strategy. This chapter provides templates for writing these materials.