Jack Trout

Steve Rivkin

The book that completes Positioning . . . Thirty years ago, Jack Trout and Al Ries published their classic bestseller, Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind—a book that revolutionized the world of marketing. But times have changed. Competition is fiercer. Consumers are savvier. Communications are faster. And once-successful companies are in crisis mode. Repositioning shows you how to adapt, compete—and succeed—in today’s overcrowded marketplace. Global marketing expert Jack Trout has retooled his most effective positioning strategies—providing a must-have arsenal of proven marketing techniques specifically redesigned for our current climate. With Repositioning, you can conquer the “3 Cs” of business: Competition, Change, and Crisis . . . BEAT THE COMPETITION: Challenge your rivals, differentiate your product, increase your value, and stand out in the crowd. CHANGE WITH THE TIMES: Use the latest technologies, communications, and multimedia resources to connect with your consumers. MANAGE A CRISIS: Cope with everything from profi t losses and rising costs to bad press and PR nightmares. Even if your company is doing well, these cutting-edge marketing observations can keep you on top of your game and ahead of the pack. You’ll discover how expanding product lines may decrease your overall sales, why new brand names often outsell established brands, and why slashing prices is usually a bad idea. You’ll learn the dangers of attacking your competitors head-on—and the value of emphasizing value. You’ll see how consumers can have too many choices to pick from—and what you can do to make them pick your brand. Drawing from the latest research studies, consumer statistics, and business-news headlines, Trout reveals the hidden psychological motives that drive today’s market. Understanding the mindset of your consumers is half the battle. Winning in today’s world is often a matter of repositioning. It’s how you rethink the strategies you’ve always relied on. It’s how you regain the success you’ve worked so hard for. It’s how you win the new battle of the mind.

REPOSITIONING: Marketing in an Era of Competition, Change and Crisis

Raúl Peralba

El poder de lo simple: teoría simplista o una óptica sabia? Este libro ejecutivo empieza con la dedicación que resume su 'razón de ser': Dedicado a los que están agobiados y perplejos, y que sienten que debe haber un modo más simple de hacer las cosas. Nos presenta la idea de que la complejidad nos entorpece el hacer lo correcto y que nos ciega a lo esencial de nuestro negocio. El poder de lo simple deberá ser de interés a cualquier ejecutivo, sea del Departamento de Marketing, Finanzas, Producción o Recursos Humanos y hay capítulos cortos que tratan de todas las áreas funcionales de nuestras empresas. Se ha escrito en un estilo muy divertido, es fácil de leer y comprender, es instructivo y práctico y nos recuerda que a veces tenemos que pensar en lo esencial antes de intentar, siempre, buscar soluciones en lo nuevo y complejo: hay que regresar a las leyes de la gravedad. Los consejos son aplicables y se presentan muchos ejemplos actualizados: Chupa-Chups, General Electric, Palm Pilot, el Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, KPMB Peat Marwick, Repsol, Xerox, la cervecería argentina Quilmes, Ericsson y muchos más. El poder de lo simple es un libro que trata de estimular al ejecutivo a pensar dos veces antes de complicar las operaciones tradicionales a un nivel no operable. Como ha dicho el filósofo Ralph Emerson: Nada puede ser más simple que la grandeza; de hecho, ser simple es ser grande. Este es el mensaje principal de Trout y el lector puede decidir si es sabio o simplista.

una guía para eliminar lo absurdo y ser menos complicados

El poder de lo simple

The Power of Simplicity

«Diferenciación» se ha convertido en una palabra clave del mundo de los negocios gracias, en gran parte, a la primera versión de Diferenciarse o Morir. La obra fue seleccionada por los editores de Soundview Executive Book Summaries como uno de los doce mejores libros de management «de todos los tiempos». Por su importancia, Jack Trout y sus socios, Steve Rivkin y Raúl Peralba, lo han actualizado incorporando nueva información que les hubiera gustado incluir en la primera edición. Esta segunda versión se presenta con tres nuevos capítulos y dieciocho casos reales de estudios llevados a cabo por Trout & Partners en estos últimos años. Uno de los capítulos incluye un estudio muy interesante de la empresa Brand Keys sobre la comoditización de las marcas. Otro analiza la diferenciación en un mundo de rumores. Y el tercero explica cómo y por qué todo puede ser diferenciable, utilizando, para demostrarlo, tres ejemplos que no son del mundo de los negocios. Si ya leyó la primera edición, probablemente disfrutará aún más de esta segunda. Para entender del todo la problemática de la diferenciación de nuestros días, coloque este ejemplar de color púrpura en la misma estantería que el rojo de la anterior edición.

Cómo sobrevivir en este entorno hipercompetitivo de alto riesgo

Diferenciarse o Morir

Presents guidelines that show managers how to cope with complexities by focusing on essentials in areas such as management, leadership, marketing, long-term planning, and motivation

A Management Guide to Cutting Through the Nonsense and Doing Things Right

Al Ries

Describes the five mental elements in the positioning process, looks at six cases of repositioning, and offers practical advice on managing change

The Latest on the World's #1 Business Strategy

The New Positioning

Fraser Sutherland

How do brand names differ from other names, and what goes into making a good name great and a bad name ghastly? Knowing this can spell the difference between bankruptcy and marketplace triumph. In this indispensable guide, the authors share the secrets of successful brand names--how they've indelibly stamped cultures around the world; who makes them; why they're made; and how they're compiled, bought, sold, and protected. The book outlines what kind of names exist--the initialized, descriptive, allusive, and coined. How namers surf on brainwaves. The do's, don'ts, and nevers of naming, how the structure of names is built from the ground up and how their sounds are engineered. Why names symbolize benefits. Where in the world brands may be found, and what will become of them. Fast-paced, illustration-packed, gazing at the past and probing into the future, this is the definitive book on naming. The Making of A Name is the one book anyone interested in "owned words" must have.

The Inside Story of the Brands We Buy

The Making of a Name

How do brand names differ from other names, and what goes into making a good name great and a bad name ghastly? Knowing this can spell the difference between bankruptcy and marketplace triumph. In this indispensable guide, the authors share the secrets of successful brand names - how they've indelibly stamped cultures around the world; who makes them; why they're made; and how they're compiled, bought, sold, and protected. The book outlines what kind of names exist; the do's, don'ts, and nevers of naming; and how the structure of names is built from the ground up. Fast-paced, illustration-packed, analysing the past and probing into the future, this is the definitive book on naming.

Fraser Seitel

An easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement method for creating newideas and new products This book blows the lid off the so-called "idea gurus" bydemystifying the creation of great new innovations. It offersreaders a way to look at their company's existing products andservices in order to transform them into new ideas. Well-known andrespected authors Steve Rivkin and Fraser Seitel take readers intothe Idea-Scape, a place where innovation is born from existingideas transformed and manipulated in inventive ways to produce newproducts and business solutions. Examples of methods outlinedinclude: What can you combine with an existing idea? What can youadapt? How can you put a product to other uses? What can youeliminate? . . . and much more.

How to Transform Your Ideas into Tomorrow's Innovations

IdeaWise

Now that product differences are rapidly and easily copied, or are perceived to be minimal, differentiating a company's products and services from the competition has become key to corporate survival. Marketing guru Jack Trout delivers a practical guide for businesses on developing powerful differentiation strategies.

Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition

Differentiate Or Die

A newly revised and expanded edition of the revolutionary business classic, Differentiate or Die, Second Edition shows you how to differentiate your products, services, and business in order to dominate the competition. Veteran marketing guru Jack Trout uses real-world examples and his own unique insight to show you how to bind customers to your products for long-term success and loyalty. This edition includes new case studies, new research, and updated examples from around the world.

Differentiate or Die

Presents guidelines that show managers how to cope with complexities by focusing on essentials in areas such as management, leadership, marketing, long-term planning, and motivation.

Steve Rivkin

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