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by Al Ries (Author), Jack Trout (Author) "How did a hard-sell concept like positioning become so popular in a business noted for its creativity? ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 246 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 3 edition (1 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0071359168
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071359160
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 19 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 303,427 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The first book to deal with the problems of communicating to a skeptical public, Positioning describes the revolutionary approach to creating a “position” in a prospective customer’s mind that reflects a company’s own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of its competitors. Fully updated and revised.


From the Back Cover

"...Ries and Trout taught me everything I know about branding, marketing, and product management. When I had the idea of creating a very large thematic community on the Web, I first thought of Positioning...."
­­David Bohnett, Chairman and Founder of GeoCities

"One of the most important communication books I've ever read. I recommend it highly!"
­­Spencer Johnson, MD, co-author of The One Minute Manager

It shook up the world of marketing with all the force of a 20-megaton bomb, and now, two decades later, Positioning is still as fresh and, perhaps, even more relevant, for advertisers in the New Economy. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the classic book that changed an industry, McGraw-Hill has reunited mavens of marketing Al Ries and Jack Trout to make available to another generation of advertisers the book that forever changed the way advertising is done.

The 20th Anniversary Edition features commentary from the authors that offers fresh insight into why "positioning" a product in a prospective customer's mind is still the most important strategy in business. Ries and Trout look back over two decades of campaigns, offering penetrating analyses of some of the most phenomenal successes and unbelievable failures in advertising history.

The first book to deal with the problems of communicating to a skeptical, over-communicated public, Positioning describes a revolutionary approach to creating a "position" in a prospective customer's mind that reflects a company's own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of its competitors. Writing in their trademark witty, fast-paced style, Ries and Trout explain how to position an industry leader so that it gets into people's minds and stays there, how to position a follower so that it can occupy a space not claimed by the leader, and how to avoid letting a second product ride on the coattails of an established one.


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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must read book for any manager!, 8 Feb 2001
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Although the book was written several years ago now, it is just as relevant in 2001, perhaps even more so. Society is even more over-communicated with the advent of the Web, handhelds, mobile phones, cable TV etc. The good thing about the book is it isn't all theory, quite the opposite in fact. The author uses many concrete examples of how positioning has worked in the real world. No matter what industry your company operates in and whether yours is a profit led or charitable organisation, I'm sure this book will be of tremendous benefit.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 2 Aug 2007
Having read the authors' "Marketing Warfare" and loved it, I was very much looking forward to this one. Unfortunately, while the core principle (find a unique position in your customers' mind) is sound, the book tries to spin this out over 200 pages. Each slight variation of this point is illustrated by five or six different examples, most of which are both US centric and now hugely out of date (don't just think pre-Internet, think pre-PC).

As a non-marketeer (I am studying marketing for my MBA), I found this book simplistic and of little value. If you are a professional marketeer I suspect this would be true for you too. On the plus side, it's an easy read - pleasant conversational style, pretty cheap and because of the lack of substance, it won't take you long to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Blindingly obvious (after you've read it!), 18 Jan 2005
I'd recommend this book to every Marketer. It may be becoming dated - and perhaps even unfashionable - but the underlying 'law' of Positioning is one every Product Manager should learn: there's little point fighting a marketing battle if yours is a me-too brand.
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