A glimpse into the minds of the Positioning Pioneers

  • Why is America one of the world’s wealthiest countries?

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  • When you can expand your brand and when you can’t.

    The most controversial issue in marketing is “line extension.” In our speeches, that’s usually the first question that comes up. When can I line-extend...

  • Super Bowl 2014

    Unless you were a Seattle fan, the 2014 Super Bowl wasn’t a super game to watch. The puppy bowl was more competitive. So that...

  • What the art market can teach us about branding.

    At Christie’s recent post-war and contemporary-art sale, this black-and-white painting of a Coca-Cola bottle sold for $57.2 million. What made a black-and-white painting of...

  • The better product always wins, and other myths.

    It’s been my experience that most chief executives pay lip service to marketing and place their bets on innovation. Sure, they approve modest marketing...

  • Marketing to do list for 2014

    Find out what the top things you need to do to make your brand the best it can be in 2014.

  • Management Myopia.

    Fifty-three years ago, the Harvard Business Review published what went on to become one of the most-quoted articles ever to appear in any magazine...

  • What’s the difference between advertising and marketing?

    Years ago, I was making a presentation to a client about the need to make a major change in the brand’s overall strategy. The...

  • Company brands are getting just as important as product brands.

    Years ago, I gave my Volkswagen Beetle to my son who was on his way to college. Then my wife and I started looking...

  • iPhone was first, but so was Motorola.

    Motorola invented the category of cellphones. Nokia brought cellphones to the masses. BlackBerry invented the keyboard phone for email. Samsung brought better designs. iPhone...

  • Yahoo! From fun to serious and dark.

    Yahoo took a memorable, unique logo and after 30 days and 30 designs ended up with a rather average, boring, uninspired one. Marissa Mayer...

  • Names matter.

    When I was a senior in college, my best friend introduced me to a fellow student. “Al,” he said, “this is Joe Clap.” At...

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