Final Exam Flashcards
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What is positioning?
Fitting a product or service to one or more segments of the broad market in such a way as to set it meaningful apart from competition
What is a marketing positioning strategy?
- final decision of the market firms wish to compete
- specific elements of the marketing mix designed to fulfill needs of market
Name 4 guiding principles/direction for a market positioning strategy
- Product
- Price
- Distribution
- Marketing Communications
what is Market Position?
- reaction of market to firm’s marketing
- consumer beliefs of organization’s effort
Explain a marketing position for shampoo brands
Salon vs. Mainstream
Cosmetic vs. therapeutic
What is a brand positioning strategy?
- reaction consumers have to promotions
- Part of the overall advertising or IMC Plan
- intended image related to competition (within the target audience)
Explain a possible positioning strategy for chocolate bar attitudes
- Peanuts/almonds vs. nougat/caramel
- single bar format vs. mutli-part format OR layered wafers vs. solid bar
what are salient beliefs?
-beliefs concerning specific attributes or benefits that are activated and form the basis of an attitude
True or false: salient beliefs evolve over time?
True. They also differ across various segments
What are some ways you can position your brand?
- attitudes
- beliefs
- benefits
Explain how a snack company would position by beliefs
filling snack vs. indulgent snack
-individual pleasure vs. social sharing OR pure taste vs. multi-flavour taste
What are the stages of the brand positioning strategy decision process? (6)
1) develop a market partition
2) Assess competitor’s positions
3) assess brand position
4) determine brand positioning strategy
5) implement brand positioning strategy
6) monitor brand positioning strategy
Name some things to consider when positioning brand through advertising
- where the brand is competing
- who the brand is competing with
- how the brand is competing
- why consumers would purchase the brand
What are 4 strategies a brand can use to position itself?
1) positioning by end benefits
2) usage situation
3) brand name
4) product category
Give one example of positioning by end benefits we discussed in class.
Becel margarine has not only a great taste, but it is also healthier
Give one example of positioning by usage situation discussed in class
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What is differential advantage?
- a positioning strategy in which a product’s benefits is focused.
ex. promotions
what is central positioning?
The brand claims and delivers the most salient beliefs
What is user positioning?
- occurs when the individual is motivated for social or individual reasons
- ex. how good the consumer feels while using the brand
Explain the shampoo example of user positioning discussed in class.
The ad shows a woman in a beautiful gown, implying that the consumer will feel elegant if they use the shampoo
what are salient beliefs?
-beliefs concerning specific attributes/benefits that form the basis of attitute
How do salient beliefs vary?
- Amongst the target audience
- over consumption situations
What is the Multiattribute model guide?
which attributes and benefits to emphasize in advertising
What is the multiattribute model? (brand attitude)
- the brand possesses a number of attributes
- attributes are the basis of attitude
- consumers have beliefs about specific brand attributes
- attributes are ranked in terms of level of importance
- to predict attributes, one must know the level of importance