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The Concept of Positioning

13 May, 2016 - 13:23

Both product differentiation and market segmentation result in a perceived position for the company or organization. From the intelligent marketing organization, there should be an attempt to create the desired position, rather than wait for it to be created by customers, the public, or even competitors. Positioning is defined as the act of designing the company's offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the target market's mind. The end result of positioning is the successful creation of a market-focused value proposition, a cogent reason why the target market should buy the product.

Since positioning is a strategy that starts with the product, we expand our discussion of positioning in the Product chapter.