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Your differentiation strategy is an integrated set of action designed to produce or deliver goods or
services that customers perceive as being different in ways that are important to them. It call for you to
sell nonstandardized products to customers with unique needs.
Three Parts of Your Differentiation Strategy
1. Positioning: Have a simple idea that separates you from your competition
2. Trust Building: Have the credentials or the product/service that makes this concept real and
believable.
3. Awareness Creation: Build a program to make your customers and prospects aware of this
difference.
Why Differentiate?
The concept of being unique of different is far more important today than it was ten years ago. The key to
successful marketing and competing is differentiation.
Hypercompetition is a key feature of the new economy. What used to be national markets with local
companies competing for business has become a global market with everyone competing for everyone's
business everywhere. With the enormous competition markets today are driven by choice - your
targeted customers have too many choices, all of which can be fulfilled instantly. Choosing among
multiple options is always based on differences, implicit or explicit, so you ought to differentiate in order
to give the customer a reason to chose your product or service. Thus, "differentiation is one of the most
important strategic and tactical activities in which companies must constantly engage. It is not
discretionary".1
Logo: Your company's symbol A logo is a distinctive symbol or mark that visually represents your company. To get one
that passes muster with the quality police, I recommend hiring a design firm. Because your logo is one of the first visual
brand elements your buyers see, put some time and money into it. If your logo will appear on fax cover sheets, fax it to
yourself. If it will appear on billboards, enlarge it to 5 feet and see what it looks like (don't laugh, I actually did this for a
client). Put your logo through the quality checking paces before you use it. You will be glad you did... More
• be distinctive
• catch eye
• stay in memory
• be adaptable...More
Case in Point Ten3 Business e-Coach and Ten3 Design for Ten3 Licensed Trainers
We at Ten3 Business e-Coach and Ten3 Design help our Licensed Trainers to be different. Ten3 Design
uses inspirational ideas from Ten3 Business e-Coach to create a choice of Wisdom, Happiness, and
Leadership products. Our Licensed Trainers can buy these branded inspirational products in our online
shop for their clients as memorable handouts. The products are cheap, the impact is deep. See sample
products below:
By the way, "The products are cheap. The impact is deep" and "Wisdom and Fun come together!" are
two differentiating slogans of Ten3 Design.
Customer Intimacy...