Prioritise buying situations by elimination, not by selection
PrincipleBrand Strategy
Choosing which CEPs to invest in is a process of elimination rather than selection. You strip away the CEPs that are poor choices for your brand so that the possible ones remain, ending with a long-short list of 5-8 CEPs that give the brand messaging options in the short, medium and long term.
Source
Category Entry Points In A B2B World - Linking Buying Situations To Brand Sales, The B2B Institute at LinkedIn x Ehrenberg-Bass Institute (2022)
Professor Jenni Romaniuk, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, University of South Australia
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