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BRAND POSITIONING
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Presented by Jennifer Larsen Morrow Creative Company, Inc.
Track 1: Building Bridges
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If someone is looking for what you offer,
where are they looking?
Brand positioning
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If they find you, what will they see?
Will they understand why they should
choose you?
Brand positioning
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What do they want from you?
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A surprise … quick, simple, easy …
information… answer my questions … talk to
me …WIIFM
Brand positioning
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What’s unexpected?
Surprise me!
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It’s just a garbage truck
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Or it’s a WOW truck!
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Why should I care? How does this work?
I get it!
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What’s in it for me? Looks easy, simple!
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Make it easy to choose
Good information!
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I know what they sell …
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And here’s how to buy
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Be relevant to your audience
Engage me
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See the product in context and understand why it’s better
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Architects need information…
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Differentiate and communicate …
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We live in an overwhelmed, time-starved
culture packed with
too many choices
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A well-positioned brand helps your
audiences understand and
choose
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What is a brand?
A brand is more than a logo A brand requires a visual and verbal
vocabulary • A distinctive “look and feel”
• A common voice, tone and style • A system of colors and typography • A series of images that build a cohesive whole
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What’s a brand?
“REAL Branding is personal. REAL Branding is integrity. REAL Branding is consistency and freshness. REAL Branding is the answer to WHO ARE WE? WHY ARE WE HERE?” Tom Peters, brandpower
“It takes as much time to build a brand as it takes a person to build a reputation. The difficulty is not as much to perfect a strategy as to be focused, differentiated, and consistent everywhere, every time.” The Fundamentals of Branding, Vincent Grimaldi
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What builds brands? • Brands are being built with or without
management • Publicity build brands • Blogs, social media, marketing and websites
build brands • Environments build brands • Each contact with the company builds the
brand experience and context
What is a brand?
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Perception is reality • Your brand is based on what people
think about your organization • Communicate clearly from the
audience’s point of view • Provide value to those you serve
…a brand is still about people … and perceptions
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Perception is reality • Your brand is based on what people think
about your company • Opinions and perceptions are constantly
changing • To be effective you must communicate clearly
from your audience’s point of view
Audiences
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A well-positioned brand • Is visually appealing and memorable • Is perceived as unique and distinctive, and
stands out from the competition • Communicates essential messages clearly and
consistently • Focuses on value and benefits to the target
audiences
Brand positioning
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Do you know your audiences? • Do you understand everyone you must
connect with to be successful? • Do you know what they expect from you? • You must speak in their language; be clear
and concise (no acronyms!) • Understanding the generations helps you
choose the right channel
Connect with your audiences
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each generation is different
Brand positioning
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The Generations
Effective marketing requires first understanding the audiences you’re trying to reach. For the first time in history there are four different generations in the workplace, each with different values, perspectives and expectations
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Four generations to address
The Silent Generation – 1925 to 1945 The Boomers – 1946 to 1964
Gen X – 1965 to 1987 Gen Y – 1988 to 2000
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Four generations to reach
Reliable, formal, low-tech, traditional media, mentoring,
take the time to read and visit
70% of nation’s wealth, time-starved lifestyle, must look and feel good while aging, career-focused
Self-reliant, results instead of process, savvy and cynical
consumers, technology adopters, less career-focused
Smart, tech-savvy, idealistic, girls are equals, want to contribute, multi-taskers, want authenticity, family-oriented
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From Inc. magazine November2012
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Features vs. Benefits
Be clear about the services or products you’re offering, what are the benefits? How can you frame the benefits to connect with the expectations of each generation and each audience? How does each generation prefer to communicate? (reading vs. watching vs. sharing … online or offline, social or not)
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communicate your value
not just what you do
Brand positioning
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Think about why instead of what • Why do they need to connect with you? • What purpose do you serve? • Avoid just listing the “stuff” you do • Consider their perspectives – who are they?
How do they communicate or take in information?
• What’s the role in the purchase?
Audiences
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Identify how you’re different • What is expected or assumed? • What else is available to your target
audiences? • Avoid the usual “quality” and “service” • What are your “hot buttons”? • Where are the “wow” responses or results?
Differentiate
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What value do you provide? • Go beyond the “stuff” • Identify ideas, messages that address “why
should I care?” or • “What’s in it for me?” (WIIFM) • Where’s the “wow!”?
Define the message
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Features vs. Benefits
Features: Here’s what the product does, or what the service is and how it works. Descriptive.
Benefits: Here’s the outcome, what you audience will receive from the product or service. Often emotional or personal.
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They’re not buying house plans.
They’re buying ideas, vision, experience and confidence … a dream.
Features vs. Benefits
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You will see all the messages and tools, your audiences won’t
• Consistency creates a connection • Visually connect all elements, from website to
mailings to office environment to stationery to displays, Emails and brochures…
• Define messages that are specific and unique to you, that tell a story
• Uncover stories and information to share (social media, blog, website, white papers)
Communicate effectively
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Brand building requires focus • Focus on your audiences and the benefits • Branding requires consistency in all
communications, visual and verbal • It’s a long-term program to build recognition
of your brand and positioning
Brand positioning
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Cascade Employers Association - Before
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Cascade Employers Association – Messaging hierarchy
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Cascade Employers Association – Banners
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Cascade Employers Association – Business cards
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Cascade Employers Association – Website reskin
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Where are the contact points? • Where do your audiences connect with you? • At what level, for what purpose? • How are those contact points branded? • Which contacts are critical to the organization,
the points of choice?
Point of choice
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Today the buyer is in charge • Explosion of information sources (websites,
blogs, reviews, discussion boards, social) • An era of self-serve information • Talking to a person is a last resort, not first • B2B – 60% of the purchase decision is made
before contacting a sales person • 2010 – 5.3 sources of information needed,
2011 – 10.4 sources needed before making a buying decision
A longer sales cycle
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The essential “point of choice”
What is a “point of choice”? A point of choice is the situation where someone will take action, to move to the next step in working with you. The point of choice is focused on immediate response—choosing to take the next step.
Call | Click | Sign-up | Inquire | Refer | Join |
Request | Enroll | Visit | Share
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Focus first on the points of choice • You will see a bigger return on your marketing • Your website is an essential point of choice • Build a website that is about the visitor, the
viewer, the potential client • Provide information of value, less “we” and
more “you” • Simple, brief, visual information … to scan, not
read
Point of choice
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Johnson Glaze & Co CPAs – Website before
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Johnson Glaze & Co CPAs – Messaging
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Johnson Glaze & Co CPAs – Website after
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Build the brand on a continuum • Consider the sales process, “dating” vs. “let’s
get married” • What information can you provide to help
them choose? (Help vs. sell) • Build a continuum of contact, each with a call
to action, a way to choose • Begin online, build the digital brand
Multiple points of choice
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Be relevant and valuable • When you help instead of sell, you make a
customer for life • Discover customer needs first – listen,
research, talk to front line people • What are trends, challenges and issues in
your category? • Integrate offline and online information • Provide resources to inform, educate,
enlighten
Positioning that’s relevant
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Build the brand internally, too • Staff, sales team, service people should know
the key messages, understand and support the brand positioning
• Help them build your brand • Provide templates and tools to make it easier • Educate and inform
Positioning that’s relevant
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Cascade Employers Association – Messaging posters
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Your brand positioning • Reflects where you fit in the market • Separates you from the competition • Clarifies key messages for staff and sales
teams • Establishes the foundation and framework for
ongoing communication • Ties together visual and verbal • Makes it easier to capture new business
Brand positioning
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Go forth and brand! • Brand responsibly • Position the brand to be unique • Provide value to your audiences • Connect where they communicate • Build content that builds trust • Integrate online and offline • Evaluate website, mobile, social media Because focused brand positioning = bigger sales
Build your brand
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Thank you!
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