08/27/2026
Apparently may have a marketing positioning problem.
Marketing positioning is really about creating a link.
A link between your brand and a problem, an experience, or an idea you want people to associate with you.
I got a funny reminder of that recently while talking with my niece about the Wright brothers.
I live in southern Ohio, where we’re very aware that the Wright brothers were from Dayton and did much of their work here.
My niece grew up farther east, and they immediately said, “Aren’t they from North Carolina?”
Same history. Two very different associations depending on where you grew up.
North Carolina got the flight. Ohio got the Wright brothers.
Maybe North Carolina has just done a better job creating the association.