Key Strategies That You Must Learn from Apple
By Diana Smith—
One thing is to copy somebody’s campaign and hope for the best, and entirely different is to see an amazingly successful business and try to figure out the mechanisms that are behind that success to get inspired to make your own strategy. Apple is definitely one of the companies that can serve as an excellent example of great strategies, well-designed marketing plan and amazing effects. Here are some of the things that can be seen and concluded when looking closely into their campaigns and brand in general:
Apple is Always Different
Regardless of the product itself, when you hold an Apple product in your hands, you know that it is the Apple product. Even if you hold another product that seems very much alike, you can always tell Apple apart from it. Their products are always unique, special, extremely well designed and well made. And you always know its Apple. Also, you can tell the same when it comes to their adds. Turn the TV on without looking at it. You will experience the multitude of sounds, until the Apple commercial comes on. It’s silent. Automatically, you will turn your head to your TV set to look at it. Apple stands out.
Apple is Always Beautiful
The whole design of Apple products is just amazing. Every little detail is well designed and the objects it makes are always nice to look at. Moreover, while the design is regularly modernized, it is always recognizable at the same time.
Apple Always Has Its Fans
The one thing that you notice about people who use Apple products is their amazing loyalty to their brand. When it comes to smartphones, tablets and laptops, you have millions of users of these devices all over the world. All of them are classified into two big groups: those who are and those who are not Apple users. Others may like or even love their brand, but they are rarely loyal to one brand as Apple fans are. There are many reasons for this and many theories, but the fact is, Apple’s fan base is one of the strongest.
Apple Never Fails in Quality
You know what you are buying when you are buying an Apple product. You know the standards, you know what will be in that box, you know that you will not be required to tinker with it and that you will simply be able to push the button and your product will work. Every single time. This stability and quality is what makes people listen and pay attention every time Apple has a new product or announcement.
Apple Always Justifies Its Price
With that sort of design and that sort of quality, Apple also has higher prices than its competitors. In this way, they are also delivering the message and gather the fan base that wants to pay money for quality. When you are dealing with that sort of people you don’t have the luxury for any sort of mistake. Apple has always succeeded to justify the price and that is why it still sells its products for the price it asks.
All these things can be incorporated in any marketing or business strategy that you may want to make, regardless of the type of business you have or you want to start. Looking up to Apple is a smart thing in any way.
Photo Credit: Creative Commons ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Author: Diana Smith is a business blogger interested in marketing and social media. In her free time she loves to write articles related to small business promotion and advertising on a budget. Diana enjoys seeing her readers getting useful information from her articles. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
7:04 am
Apple is definitely the definitive company to emulate. This is an awesome article which I can definitely apply in spirit to my business