Positioning (marketing) - Product Positioning Process

Product Positioning Process

Generally, the product positioning process involves:

  1. Defining the market in which the product or brand will compete (who the relevant buyers are)
  2. Identifying the attributes (also called dimensions) that define the product 'space'
  3. Collecting information from a sample of customers about their perceptions of each product on the relevant attributes
  4. Determine each product's share of mind
  5. Determine each product's current location in the product space
  6. Determine the target market's preferred combination of attributes (referred to as an ideal vector)
  7. Examine the fit between:

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