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Marketing Strategy: Brand Positioning and Market Segmentation
Identify your target audience, define your unique value proposition, and build a solid market positioning strategy to drive business growth.
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Course contents
6 modules · 28 lessons · 3h 19m
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The Strategic Marketing Foundation
Understand the core frameworks and terminology of modern marketing strategy.
- Welcome: Why Strategy Matters
Marketing is more than just promotion; it's about strategic choices.5 min - The Big Picture: What is Marketing Strategy?
Defining strategy as the bridge between business goals and customer needs.7 min - Introduction to the STP Framework
Overview of Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning as the core marketing flow.8 min - Glossary of Key Marketing Terms
Defining essential terms like market, niche, and touchpoint.5 min
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Market Segmentation: Slicing the Pie
Learn how to divide a broad market into manageable, meaningful groups.
- The Power of Focus: Why We Segment
One size fits none; segmentation allows for personalized value.7 min - Geographic and Demographic Slicing
Segmenting by where people are and who they are (age, income, location).7 min - Psychographic Segmentation
Grouping customers by their values, interests, and lifestyles.8 min - Behavioral Segmentation
Analyzing how customers interact with products and their loyalty levels.8 min - B2B vs. B2C Segmentation Basics
Understanding the core differences when segmenting businesses versus individuals.5 min
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Targeting and Customer Insights
Select the right audience and understand their deep motivations.
- Selecting Your Target Segments
Criteria for choosing which segments are worth pursuing.7 min - Customer-Centric Research Methods
How to gather data through interviews, surveys, and observation.8 min - Analyzing Customer Behavior
Identifying patterns in the customer journey and decision-making process.7 min - Introduction to Empathy Mapping
Using empathy maps to visualize what customers think, feel, see, and do.8 min - Building an Empathy Map: Step-by-Step
A practical guide to filling out an empathy map for your target persona.8 min
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The Value Proposition
Define what makes your offer unique and valuable to the customer.
- Defining Your Value Proposition
A value proposition is a promise of value to be delivered.7 min - Identifying Competitive Advantages
Finding the 'Unfair Advantage' that sets you apart from competitors.8 min - Solving Customer Pain Points
Mapping your product features to specific customer problems.7 min - The Value Proposition Canvas
Visualizing the fit between your product and the customer's needs.8 min
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Brand Positioning Strategy
Craft a formal strategy to occupy a distinct place in the customer's mind.
- What is Brand Positioning?
Positioning is the act of designing the company's offering and image.7 min - Visualizing the Market with Positioning Maps
Using 2D grids to see where you sit relative to competitors.8 min - The Anatomy of a Positioning Statement
The four key components: Target, Category, Benefit, and Proof.8 min - Writing Your Positioning Statement
A workshop-style lesson on drafting your own formal statement.8 min - Common Positioning Pitfalls
Avoiding being 'everything to everyone' or over-promising.5 min
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Implementation and Real-World Application
Turn your strategy into digital messaging and practical action.
- From Positioning to Messaging
How to turn a dry strategy statement into catchy marketing copy.7 min - Messaging Across Digital Channels
Adapting your core message for social media, email, and websites.8 min - Case Study: World-Class Positioning
Analyzing how famous brands use STP to dominate their markets.8 min - Exercise: Solve a Business Scenario
Applying the course concepts to a provided business problem.8 min - Final Summary and Next Steps
Reviewing the journey and how to keep your strategy updated.4 min
The Brand Positioning Playbook
You will choose a real or hypothetical business and develop a complete strategic foundation including a market segmentation map, a customer empathy map, and a final brand positioning statement.
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