Brand Strategy & Positioning
Deciding what you stand for and who you are against, so every later choice about message, design and channel has something to be judged by.
Panoramica
Positioning is a decision about the space you want to own in a buyer's head, and what you will give up to own it. If your positioning statement would also be true of your three closest competitors, you have a description rather than a position.
The work is mostly comparative. We look at how the category talks, find the ground nobody has taken that you can credibly hold, and write it down in a form that settles arguments later rather than starting them.
A chi è rivolto
- Companies whose competitors all sound the same, including them
- Businesses after a merger, a pivot or a new product line
- Teams where every campaign restarts the argument about what to say
Il nostro approccio a Brand Strategy & Positioning
Le attività concrete che comprende un incarico tipo. Il perimetro si concorda prima: nulla di quanto elencato ricompare più avanti come voce a sorpresa.
Category and competitor audit
What the market is already saying, mapped, so the space you choose is genuinely unoccupied rather than just unfamiliar to you.
Positioning statement
One paragraph: for whom, against what alternative, and on what basis. Short enough to remember and specific enough to be wrong.
Proof points
The evidence that makes the position believable. A claim you cannot substantiate is a liability, not a differentiator.
Messaging hierarchy
The primary message and the supporting ones, ordered by audience and stage, so sales and marketing say compatible things.
Brand architecture
How products, sub brands and acquisitions relate. Usually neglected until an acquisition forces the question badly.
Tone and language
How the brand sounds, with real examples and the words to avoid, so it survives a change of copywriter.
Dal primo contatto al risultato misurato
Sempre la stessa sequenza, così sapete cosa viene dopo.
Listen
Customer and prospect interviews plus a competitor language audit. Buyers describe the category differently from the people selling into it.
Map
Plot where every player sits and where the credible open ground is. Some open ground is open for a good reason.
Choose
A working session to pick the position, including what you are giving up. The tradeoff is the decision.
Codify
Positioning, messaging and tone written down with examples, in a form a new hire can use in week one.
Risultati, non pile di documenti
Un cumulo di deliverable non è progresso. Questi sono i cambiamenti che il lavoro deve produrre.
Arguments that end
A written position turns endless message debates into a quick check against an agreed decision.
Cheaper marketing
A distinct position needs less repetition to stick, which shows up directly in media efficiency.
Consistency across teams
Sales, support and marketing describing the same company, which buyers notice more than anyone expects.
A brief that briefs
Designers, agencies and writers get something to work against instead of a mood board and a hope.
Domande frequenti su Brand Strategy & Positioning
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Is this the same as a rebrand?
No. Positioning is the strategic decision; a rebrand is one possible consequence. Plenty of positioning work concludes that the identity is fine and the message is the problem.
How long does brand positioning take?
Four to six weeks including customer interviews. The interviews are the part worth protecting when timelines get squeezed.
Can you do this without talking to our customers?
We would rather not. Positioning built only from internal opinion tends to describe how the company sees itself, which is reliably different from how buyers see it.
What do we get at the end?
A positioning statement, the competitive map behind it, a messaging hierarchy, tone guidance with examples, and the interview findings the whole thing rests on.
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