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Article Description: ==================== The power of branding in marketing campaigns Additional Article Information: =============================== 401 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2006-09-21 10:48:00 Written By: Dan Lok Copyright: 2006 Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For more free-reprint articles by Dan Lok, please visit: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/d/index.shtml#Dan_Lok ============================================= Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters: ============================================= If you use this article on your website or in your ezine, We Want To Know About It. 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Well, sorry to disappoint you - but I'm not. I'm just demonstrating the power of the marketing strategy I'm about to reveal. take a moment to imagine what kind of success your business would have if your product or service were similarly imprinted into your customers' minds. Each of these brands and businesses "owns" a unique position in your mind. They mean something special to you. I can almost hear you protesting, "But Dan, those companies spent millions of dollars to position themselves. I don't have a million-dollar marketing budget! How can I position my business, in my customers' minds, with little or no marketing budget to work with?" The answer is to create a Unique Selling Proposition (USP). The concept "USP" is the brainchild of Rosser Reeves, once the chairman and chief copywriter of the Ted Bates & Co. advertising agency. In the 1950s, their advertising agency single-handedly set the stage for creative television commercials, something that had never been done before. Reeves was an outspoken and larger than life character with a passion for advertising. One of the reasons the company soared was because of his USP theory. His definition of what makes a USP holds true today: * All advertising must make a proposition to the customer: Buy this, and you will receive a specified benefit. * The proposition must be unique; something competitors cannot claim, or have not chosen to emphasize in their promotions. * The proposition must be so compelling that it motivates millions of people to act. A USP is not just a slogan or a phrase that will appear in your advertising, although that's one potential use for it. A USP is a concise and memorable phrase that answers your prospects' implicit question: "Why should I choose your business, product, or service versus any other?" 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