CRAFTING By Sari Wulandari

THE BRAND POSITIONING

DEVELOPING A BRAND Bahasan 1
POSITIONING
DEVELOPING A BRAND
POSITIONING
 No company can win if its products & services resemble every other product &
offering. As part of the strategic brand management process, each offering must
represent the right kinds of things in the minds of the target market.
 All marketing strategy is built on segmentation, targeting, and positioning (STP).
 A company discovers different needs & groups in the marketplace, targets those it can satisfy in a
superior way, & then positions its offerings so the target market recognizes the company’s
distinctive offerings and images.

 Positioning is the act of designing a company’s offering and image to occupy a

distinctive place in the minds of the target market
UNDERSTANDING POSITIONING AND
VALUE PROPOSITIONS
 The goal is to locate the brand in the minds of consumers to maximize the potential
benefit to the firm.
 A good brand positioning helps guide marketing strategy by clarifying the brand’s essence,
identifying the goals it helps the consumer achieve, and showing how it does so in a unique way.

 Positioning requires that marketers define & communicate similarities &

differences between their brand and its competitors.

 Specifically, deciding on a positioning requires :

1) Choosing a frame of reference by identifying the target market and relevant competition
2) Identifying the optimal points of parity and points of difference brand associations given that
frame of reference,
3) Creating a brand mantra to summarize the positioning and essence of the brand.
UNDERSTANDING POSITIONING AND
VALUE PROPOSITIONS
The result of positioning is the successful creation of a customer-focused value
proposition, a cogent reason why the target market should buy the product