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Presented by
Tim Williams
Ignition Consulting Group
www.ignitiongroup.com
What makes
us different?
CONFIRMATION BIAS
80%
Percent of customers who agree: 8%
All this has made the agency landscape feel too flat and
featureless, and that is exacerbating the commoditization of
the business.
Matt Creamer
Advertising Age
Diversification
Focus
Complexity
Focus
Diversification
Complexity
60
15,000
ALL EMPHASIS
IS NO EMPHASIS
Fear of focus
Benefits of focus
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Fear of focus
Clear criteria for identifying the types of clients who want us for what we do best.
A stronger win ratio in new business, because were playing to our strengths.
Clear hiring standards for the kind of people we need to deliver our strategy.
A marketing and self-promotion program based on a meaningful, unifying theme.
More pricing leverage because well be offering more differentiated services.
A clearer direction for how we should spend our limited time and resources.
Positioning?
Positioning?
Power is with
the specialist.
Bill Bernbach
Narrow
is not the same as small
Narrow
is not the same as small
Narrow
is not the same as small
Client
1.
Best-of-Breed Model
Client
1.
Best-of-Breed Model
1.
Best-of-Breed Model
1.
Best-of-Breed Model
1.
Best-of-Breed Model
1.
Best-of-Breed Model
American Express
Nike
Google
Microsoft
Samsung
Facebook
Marriott
Wall Street Journal
Yahoo
Pepsi
Economist
AT&T
2.
Single Source Model
Client
Agency
2.
Single Source Model
2.
Single Source Model
3.
Service Integrator Model
Client
Lead Agency
3.
Service Integrator Model
3.
Service Integrator Model
Best-of-Breed Agencies
AGENCY FOCUS
CLIENT SIZE
Positioning
Strategy
WHO
Who we do it for
HOW
How we do it
What
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
What
What we do
AREAS OF EXPLORATION
Categories we know
Distribution and delivery channels we know
Internal and external stakeholders we know
Audiences and market segments we know
Types of brands we know
Who we do it for
Who
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
Who we do it for
Who
TYPE OF INDUSTRY
TYPE OF AUDIENCE
TYPE OF BRAND
How we do it
How
How we do it
How
How we do it
How
How we do it
How
How we do it
How
Overdeveloped Services
Overserved Markets
Satisfied Client Needs
Underdeveloped Services
Underserved Markets
Unsatisfied Client Needs
Positioning
is a prospecting strategy
Self-Promotion &
Business Development
WHO
WHAT
Positioning
Strategy
HOW
BOOK
Positioning for Professionals
eBOOK
Escape the Sea of Sameness:
5 Steps to Defining Your
Agency's Positioning
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