BRAND POSİTİONİNG

While the world becoming a single market, a consumer being undecided between thousands of products and communication fire. After the appearance of so many different options national and international brands mobilized to following different strategies, as a result, the theory of positioning has been emerged by Al Riesvə Jack Trout.

 Human brain’s positioning strategy based on work principles and which are aimed at a single focus-point while eliminating from rather complex communication. The product which you sell may be to have several features and personality. Unfortunately, nowadays it is impossible to get a place in the brains which accept all the features of your products.  For example, there are many benefits of washing powers, however, for many years Ariel is famous for spot removal, while Omo is popular due to whitening. This is their position and doesn’t mean that they have a lack of other features. What is the easiest way to enter the minds of consumers in the period of good communication and very strong competition through the global world? How to create a unique position in the minds of people?

If a brand possesses something special it is difficult to pull it out from the mind of the consumer. Therefore, with the right positioning strategy, it is no threat even opponents try to repeat it. Generally, the brands are the world of the first and the second. The first entered brands to market take advantage of having features of the product. Although ABC changed its communication over the years, it still first come to mind as a washing power when talking about the difference in price. This kind of brand owned the product’s features (it has further characteristics as well) and keep in mind and concentrated at the same point of it. 

If you have not entered to market first or second, then for branding take into consideration several following positioning.

*Product positioning feature: it mainly focused on the features of the product. They may have various characteristics, as tolerance, economic welfare, security, etc.

*Positioning with Price/Quality: in the notion of quality-price is in the foreground and this positioning Walmart, Absolut, Gucci can be considered.

*Positioning with Use: as emphasizing special use and application of product it makes differentiated from competitors and positioning; Miller, Guinness, Budweiser, Nescafe.

*Positioning with User: Diesel, Chivas Regal, Apple

*Positioning with competitors: as taking opponent major use another positioning or establish opposite postering against the opponent. Avis, Atlasjet

*Positioning with cultural symbols: symbols of culture have taken place in the public sector is used Castrol, Vodacom

For successful brand positioning required things:

- Determination of competitors

- To know how competitors perceived and evaluated

- Determination of the recognition of the position of competitors

- Consumer analyze

- Position selection

-The position to be tested

As a conclusion, it will be easy to go ahead in branding if you occupy a different and special place in the mind of the consumer. Keep in mind having a place in people’s mind is a strategy which will take a long time.

BRAND POSİTİONİNG