Case Study

Advance Packaging Corporation

 


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Changing attitudes, behaviors, minds

Other Services

Research

Communications Audit

Opportunity Identification

Repositioning

Brand Strategy Dev.

Brand Gap Analysis

Channel Strategy Dev.

Creative Strategy Dev

Realignment

Brand Touchpoints

Employee Engagement

Organizational Design

Product & Service Dev.

Reinforcement

Perception Management

Advertising & Promotion

SEO

Perception Management

Client Concerns

How do we change marketplace perceptions?

How can we leverage public relations opportunities?

How do we control advertising spending?

Our Process

Purchasing decisions are based on perceptions. Perceptions of expertise. Perceptions of market leadership. Ability to deliver. Risk. Return on investment. Trust.

Perceptions also influence your ability to attract and retain highly qualified staff, the value of your business, and access to capital.

Managing perceptions is a vital part of repositioning; without it, attempts to reposition your company in the marketplace are likely to fail. Your ability to effectively manage perceptions determines your positioning relative to your competitors. And managing perceptions is not an option. If you don’t manage the perceptions people have of your organization, your competitors will.

Our Perception Management™ process leverages a thorough understanding your brand gap and the channel strategies identified earlier to create the actual market-ready public relations initiatives that will most effectively shift and align perceptions to establish a market leadership position.

To some, public relations is about making a splash, with tactically driven, opportunistic impact initiatives. To us, Perception Management is about making waves; employing cumulative strategies that run longer, deeper. Strategies to generate awareness. Develop relationships. Create understanding. Foster credibility. Change attitudes and behavior. Build brand equity.

Repositioning is about changing the space you own in people’s minds. For us, the measure of success is not the ability to get messages into print. It’s the ability to get them into minds.