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Ganesh Iyer
Product Team Cialis Summary
Week 2, EWMBA 206 1
Part 1: Product Positioning Execution Toolkit Product Manager’s Positioning Strategy Toolkit
1:
For whom am I?
Identify the Target Consumer Segment.
For _____________, (
Target Market
) 2:
Who am I?
(value proposition, usp) our product/service is ______________________________________________ (
Most Important Claim/Unique Selling Proposition
) 3:
Why buy me?
(support) because ___________________
(Single Most Important Support)
4:
And not the competition?
(competitive set) among all ___________________ (
Competitive Set
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The Four Positioning Questions
1.
For whom am I? (Target customer segment) 2.
Who am I? (Value proposition, USP) 3.
Why buy me? (Support) 4.
And not the competition? (Competitive Advantage)
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Positioning a New Product in a Market with an Incumbent
Where will demand come from? » increase primary category demand (new customers) » steal from competitors (existing customers of rival) » re-capture dissatisfied customers (not happy with existing brand/solution) Which of the above segments are able to perceive as relevant a given way of positioning benefit/improvement? (Learning, Self-selection) With whom can we leverage dimensions that are objectively measurable?
With whom can we leverage dimensions that are not objectively measurable?
Evolution of Positioning: » In what phase to target each segment? (Build category vs. build brand vs. protect brand)
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs – Vertical Positioning
A benefit associated with a performance or quality Attribute,
typically
objective, for which consumers differ in valuation.
Examples in Automobiles, PC, Retail Markets 36h 4h ~4h Viagra (Pfizer) Levitra (Bayer/GSK) Cialis (Lilly/Icos)
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs – Horizontal Positioning
A benefit that is a matter of “taste” or “attitude” often associated with psychographics, lifestyle, or underlying attitude
Naughty/Mischievous
Attitude towards sexual relationship
Romantic
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Competition & Vertical vs. Horizontal Positioning of New Products
One firm at high end One firm at low end One firm offers benefit A -
Well defined objective benefit where more of is better
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Consumers know how much improvement is worth to them
-Difference in willingness to pay for improvement -Segmentation based on tradeoff between particular benefit(s) and willingness to pay One firm offers benefit B
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Price sensitivity not a primary issue -
More is not necessarily better for everyone
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Heterogeneity in tastes, attitudes
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Ganesh Iyer Leverage Unquantifiable Dimensions- Vertical
Reliability/Consistency/Count on it 8
Target Market Selection and the Incumbent Firm
Presence of Incumbent firm creates a new layer of segmentation (users, drop outs, never tried but aware, never tried not aware) =
Behavior- based segmentation
.
Does dis-satisfaction with existing
=
high willingness to try something new?
User of incumbent brand = hard to switch = last resort? Who has advantage with those that never tried?
How do other relevant parties/influencers factor in?
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Evolving Positioning
Courage Sympathy Fight condition Building Category Macho Winning Success Building Brand
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Excitement Wild Naughty Protecting Brand 10
Importance of Positioning
Becoming more important in pharmaceuticals: 78% of drugs that entered the market in past six years were classified by FDA: » “not likely to be improvements over drugs already sold to treat the same condition”.
» Prevalence of lifestyle/Quality of life drugs
Positioning is not what you do to the product but what you do to the mind of the consumer!
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Positioning Strategies
Product Quality: (Ford: Quality is job 1) Class of Users: (Pepsi generation).
Owning the category (Coke: The Real thing) Against a Competitor (Avis) » Repositioning Hertz
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Positioning Strategies
Away from Competition (7-Up the Uncola)
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ATTRIBUTE Good for snacks Good with meals For active people For mixing Good for indigestion Thirst quenching Good tasting
Ganesh Iyer Customer Analysis: Market Research Study
7Up 39 32 38 66 60 60 58 Coke 62 47 60 18 17 30 62 Pepsi 61 44 66 4 8 28 59
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Options
Tell consumers 7Up possesses soft drink attributes » point of parity (see also K&K p. 312-314).
Emphasize fresh, clean taste (and no caffeine) » point of difference
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Ganesh Iyer 7Up: “The Uncola”
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Positioning Traps (1)
Positioning on unimportant/irrelevant attributes
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Positioning Traps (2)
Positioning with the wrong attributes Diet Beer
Gablinger’s
Introduced in 1967 as a “low calorie” diet beer Lite beer by Miller Less filling…means you can drink more!
» Everything you wanted in a beer » » (like getting drunk)…and less. 1/3 calories means you can drink 2 extra and call it even!
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Positioning Traps (3)
Positioning on someone else’s benefits…positioning is sticky Burger King unable to claim “fast.” Already taken by McDonalds.
Mercedes Benz and General Motors unable to claim “safety.” Already taken by Volvo.
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Part 2: ED Market Updates: Global Performance Ganesh Iyer
• Is Cialis better off with or without DTC in the launch phase?
Country U.K.
Germany Italy France Spain Mexico Brazil USA Canada Australia Cialis 2003
®
Launch Date Share of PDE5 Market – Dec 2005 Cialis
®
Viagra
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Levitra
® February February March February March August May November November February 26% 35% 36% 48% 29% 36% 38% 23% 31% 41% 66% 46% 47% 37% 48% 42% 45% 65% 62% 51% 8% 19% 17% 15% 23% 22% 17% 12% 7% 8% 20
Ganesh Iyer Cialis and ED Market- An Update
In the US 2004 ($1.03Billion) Viagra 65% ($672 million) Cialis 20% ($206.6million) Levitra 11% ($112 million) In the US 2005 ($1.1Billion) Viagra 61% ($665 million) Cialis 25% ($273million) Levitra 14% ($140 million) Worldwide 2004 Viagra $1.7Billion Cialis $552million Levitra $265 million Cialis in 2005 $746.6million
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ED Market Competitive Reactions
Advertising in the US first 11 months of 2004: » Viagra $98million » Cialis $151million » Levitra $147million The “Cialis Promise” – Lilly gives men three free tablets of Cialis. If not satisfied Lilly will pay for three free tablets of Levitra or Viagra. If satisfied another round of Cialis. A Comparative Trial (92% ask for Cialis again) Viagra “loyalty program” for every six prescriptions- get seventh free
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ED Market Further Updates:
Medical Experts: Men with ED problems = 30 million in US. Men who are interested in being treated probably half of that.
Worldwide (a modest 5-10% increase in 2004, likewise in 2005) Number of new prescriptions is going down in US: 10% fewer in October 05’ compared to October 04’ GlaxoSmithKline sold marketing rights outside the US back to Bayer consumer advertising is prohibited) – “The ED market hadn’t grown as fast as the company had hoped…tough to sell the drugs without the help of consumer ads” (in most of Europe direct-to Sexual performance drugs likely to be covered by Medicare’s new prescription benefit beginning next year (limited quantities, only when medically necessary).
Lilly sets deal to acquire ICOS for $ 2.1 Bn.
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Ganesh Iyer Competitive Advantages
» » » » First-Mover Advantages Lock customers in.
Association with category Network effects (among influencers, consumers) Economies of scale Second-Mover Advantages » Free-ride on first mover’s costs of educating the market » Learn from leader’s mistakes » Learn the market size » Parallel Entry Market may pay more attention when two companies are entering together.
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Learning
Positioning is not what you do to the product but what you do to the mind of the consumer!
Good Positioning is an integrated answer to 4 questions 1.
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For whom am I? (Target customer segment) Who am I? (value proposition, usp).
Why buy me? (support) And not the competition? (competitive advantage) Ganesh Iyer
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