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Market Positioning

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Market

Positionin
g
• Simply refers to the process
of determining the place of
the business in the industry
• The entrepreneur must
Business conduct industry analysis of
Positioning the different forces that are
strong in the industry in
order to determine the
correct position of the
proposed venture.
• Refers to the process of
arranging a product to
occupy a clear, distinct
Market and desirable place in
relation to other
Positioning competing products in
the mindset of target
consumers. (Kotler &
Armstrong, 2013)
How is the product viewed by the consumers
in the market? Is it reasonably priced or not?
1. The entrepreneur
Steps in determines if the market
position is distinct from
determining the others
process of 2. The entrepreneur
market evaluates the advantages
or benefits of every
positioning of possible market position
the product 3. The entrepreneur decides
on the market position
Once the target position in terms of
price and quality dimensions has been
evaluated, the entrepreneur determines
Evaluating the advantages, benefits, and attributes
of the product.

the benefits
of every There are no specific rules on how many
attributes or benefits the product must

Market have

Position
The entrepreneur must strongly
promote the said attribute or benefit to
the consumers.
Identifiable – the
The following are benefit or attribute is
easily associated with
Beneficial – the

criteria may be
the product. The
attribute provides
customers should be
valuable benefits to
able to easily identify
the target consumers
considered in any benefit that can be
derived from the
product
identifying the
attributes or
benefits to be
Efficient and rewarding
Distinctive advantage – – the cost in attaching
the attribute is distinct the attribute or value

promoted to the product and can


hardly be copied by the
competitors
to the product is not
higher than the
expected benefits in
terms of profit.
Deciding on the market position

The last phase of market


There are two basic
positioning after
dimensions that must be
differentiating the product
seriously considered in
from the others in terms of
deciding the market position
benefit or attribute is to make
of the product. These are
a decision on where to
price and quality
position the product
1. Will the product be sold at a higher
price due to its attributes and
Guide benefits?
2. Will the product be sold at the
Questions in same price as the competitor’s
price in spite of its benefits?
Deciding the 3. Will the product be sold at the
Market same price as the competitor’s
because they have similar benefits?
Position of the 4. Will the product be sold at a lower
price because it offers less
Product benefits?
5. Will the product be sold at a higher
price even if it offers less benefits?

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