brand positioning

How To Sell An Organisation Which Refuses to Sell

Selling an organisation that sells things is easy. Excuse the pun, but it practically sells itself! Just focus on what the organisation is selling and why. In essence, it’s as simple as that. The real marketing challenge comes when you try and sell an organisation that doesn’t sell anything. Or

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Building a Tradie Brand

Branding tradies is an incredibly niche market. Because of this, it’s not always the easiest to develop marketing strategies around. While there are a handful of websites and businesses specialising in trade branding, most tradies are uncomfortable handing their brand to a stranger. They do, after all, have a do

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How to Create a Bulletproof Brand

Branding is easier said than done. The apple logo alone has been fine tuned over eight times! Everything to do with branding needs to reflect some aspect of your organisation. Not only do you need to shrink your entire business down to a single message, but you also need to

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Gourmet Jelly Beans and the Power of Positioning

Businesses put a lot of energy into positioning their products and brand in certain ways in their consumer’s minds. Sometimes they can back up their phrases thoroughly; Pak ‘N Save has a policy authenticated by the Consumers Institute to prove their food prices really are New Zealand’s lowest! Other times

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Labour’s Defeat Points to a Forgotten Target Market

With the devastating defeat for the Labour Party in the election, Labour seems to have lost touch with what resonates with New Zealanders.  In business terms, it has become disconnected from its target market and is struggling to win back market share. Politics is the ultimate marketing challenge, as every voter has

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