Tips & Tricks

Some proven tips and advise to improve your concept work.

Quick Tip: The 4 E’s of Benefits

When developing consumer driven benefit ideas, it is easiest to develop claims that fall into the categories of equity, efficacy, experience, and emotion.

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Quick Tip: Create a Partnership

A happy client and a happy moderator equals a productive partnership.

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QUICK TIP 100 Words or Less for a Marketing Positioning Concept

When writing a positioning concept, keep it less than 100 words. It will help keep you focused and single-minded.

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QUICK TIP: Your Consumer is King

In positioning concept development, it is critical that your concepts are driven by the wants and needs of your target audience.  Don’t develop a product or service, then try to develop a concept to motivate your end user to buy/use it. 

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QUICK TIP: Hybrid Research Can Augment Your Concept Development

Sometimes a “best of both worlds” strategy can give your concept development efforts a boost. Gain qualitative insight “locally” with in-person research and “nationally” using online

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QUICK TIP: “Wear Your Consumer Hat” when evaluating marketing concepts

Don’t forget your are also a “Consumer” in addition to your day job. So when you are evaluating the concepts you’ve written, put on that hat as an objective screen: Would I say that? Would I think that? Would I want that? Would I even consider purchasing that?

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