12. 2014 Boob-er backlash
Targeting Lyft
God View Scandal
Spying on Beyonce
Self-driving pilot failure
False advertising
#DeleteUber goes viral
Trump ties
Sexual harassment scandal
Google lawsuit
Deceiving law enforcement
CEO caught yelling at driver
Escorts in Seoul
Spying on the rival
Underpaying drivers
Twenty employees fired
Questioning a rape victim
Kalanick takes leave of absence
Board member’s sexist joke
Kalanick resigns
2016
2017
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19. Technical
Management
Creative
Business
Marketing
Design
Consumer science
Work effectively with engineers
Light process to deliver results
Generate ideas that matter
Deliver shareholder value
Package & position ideas
Work well with design; value simplicity
Insight via qual, survey, data & A/B tests
Product skills
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26. The most powerful brands
are built from the heart.
Their foundations are
stronger because they
are built with the strength
of the human spirit.”
Howard Schulz
Starbucks
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34. One word
Volvo = Safety
BMW = Performance
Tesla = Innovation
Honda = Reliability
Mercedes = Luxury
Prius = Green
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35. Positioning model
What is it?
• Be highly descriptive
What are the benefits?
• How improve customer’s lives?
What is its personality?
• If we met “you” at a party, how
would folks describe you?
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36. Netflix
What is it?
• TV & movie subscription service
What are its benefits?
• Fast, easy, entertaining
• Great value
What is its personality?
• Straightforward, friendly
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37. Positioning model
What is it?
• Be highly descriptive
What are the benefits?
• How improve customer’s lives?
What is its personality?
• If we met “you” at a party, how
would folks describe you?
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38. 2. The brand pyramid model
We’ve described what it is
Its benefits & personality
Now add aspiration and emotion.
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39. I’ve learned that people
will forget what you said,
people will forget what
you did, but people will
never forget how you
made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
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40. Emotional benefits
Something bigger
Product benefits
Product attributes
Brand Pyramid
How you make customers feel
How you dent the universe
How you improve customers’ lives
Features that deliver benefit
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50. Emotional benefits
Something bigger
Product benefits
Product attributes
Think Different
Free, imaginative
Revolutionary innovation
Creative, productive, easy
Mobile digital products & services
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51. Emotional benefits
Something bigger
Product benefits
Product attributes
Movie enjoyment made easy
Delight
Escape from reality
Fast, easy, entertaining; great value
TV & movie streaming; original content
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52. Emotional benefits
Something bigger
Product benefits
Product attributes
Headline
How you make customers feel?
How you “dent the universe”?
How improve customers’ lives?
The features product provides?
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54. You engage in revolutionary innovation and the
brand is a reflection of how you see yourself.
Defining the brand provides the product team with
tools needed to create a consistent experience as the
company grows.
Together, brand and product can delight customers
in hard-to-copy, margin-enhancing ways.
When you choose Apple
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74. What’s next for you?
Define your positioning & brand
Evaluate ideas via qualitative
A/B test homepage, forever
Evolve product & brand together.
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75. Today, brands are not the
preserve of a marketing
department. Brands are too
important to be left to marketing
- or any other ‘department.’
Thomas Gadd
Organizational ghettoes do not
create vibrant world-changing
brands.”
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