Positioning Strategies for Service Providers by Kai F. Mahnert The following article is concerned with the importance of positioning strategies to a service provider and the associated steps in selecting and supporting such a strategy through the effective management of marketing resources and the development of a competitive advantage through superior quality management. The article is structured into two major sections dealing with a) the selection and b) the support of a firm’s positional strategy
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_(Textbook) Peter‚ J. Paul and Donnelly Jr.‚ James H. Marketing Management‚ 10th Edition - KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. McGraw-Hill International Edition. (2011)_ _Quelch‚ John A. and Beckham‚ Heather. Brief Cases (Harvard Business Publishing). Metabical: Positioning & Communications Strategy for a New Weight-Loss Drug. (July 22‚ 1010)_ _(Internet source) Planning Tools: How to write a communication strategy. Manual/Toolkit‚ 2005._ _http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?id=5186&title=communications-strategy-planning_
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Company Overview Vodafone Group PLC is one of the leading mobile telecommunication companies in the world. It won the third mobile license in Australia in 1992 and by 1993 it had established Vodafone Australia and began actively marketing its digital mobile services (Vodafone‚ 2011). Vodafone first launched a wireless network under the brand name “Arena” in 1993‚ while Hutchison started under the brand name “Orange” says Business Monitor International Ltd (2008). By 2009‚ Vodafone Australia and
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Brand Positioning Brand Positioning Positioning is owning a piece of consumer’s mind‚ Positioning is not what you do to a product It’s what you do to the mind of the prospect You position the product in the prospect’s mind ‘It’s incorrect to call it Product Positioning’ – Ries & Trout Brand Positioning is owning a piece of customer’s mind. It’s not what a marketer does to its brand but how it is perceived in the mind of the customer. For this‚ a brand has to be distinctive‚ relevant
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The New Beetle Q1. What positioning alternatives were available to Liz Vanzura and her team? What were the advantages and disadvantages of each? Arnold group’s research reveals that the target market for the new Beetle encompassed both Baby Boomers and the younger 18 to 34 year olds (Gen X’ers). This includes a very diverse group of people‚ but their research also showed that potential drivers shared some common characteristics like confidence‚ individualism and a desire to be the center
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Lasers and Global Positioning Systems Generally lasers and global positioning system use for setting up building corners and delineating building perimeters so foundation work could start used to rely on string and steel tape measures‚ and were calculated from measurements drawn from the property boundary lines. Lasers and GPS have made that work much more accurate and much faster. Heavy equipment used to rely on the operators to accurately read grade stakes‚ and set equipment blades and buckets
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product is aimed at. Positioning Statement Positioning is a marketing concept that outlines what a business should do to market its product or service to its customers. In positioning‚ the marketing department creates an image for the product based on its intended audience. This is created through the use of promotion‚ price‚ place and product. The more intense a positioning strategy‚ typically the more effective the marketing strategy is for a company. A good positioning strategy elevates the
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Brooks Brothers is almost 200-year-old American clothing brand. It was open with a mission statement “To make and deal only in merchandise of the finest body‚ to sell it at a fair profit‚ and to deal with people who seek and appreciate such merchandise”. I think the store on Broadway could bring us back in time and fill with the spirit of history. A lot of wood‚ stairs‚ books and pictures on the walls‚ muted imposing music‚ well dressed and groomed sales associates‚ couches‚ colorful furniture‚
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RBV vs. Positioning School * RBV may be seen as a response to the positioning school approach Similarities * Both see super normal returns as objective * Both seek sources of competitive advantage * Managers are rational * Both models are prescriptive in nature * There we recognize that much of the underlying concepts have great resemblance. For instance‚ non-substitutability of a resource in RBV is similar to the threat of substitution in five forces and inimitability
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Eight case-lets on Strategic Alliances Case 1: Telefónica and China Unicom In September 2009‚ Telefónica and China Unicom announced a partnership including cooperation in R&D‚ roaming‚ joint procurement of equipment‚ infrastructural development‚ joint development of mobile services and the provision of services to multinational clients. They also announced the purchase of US$1 billion worth of stock in each other making the Spanish operator the largest single investor in the company with 8% of
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