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Writer's pictureJoão Lemos Diogo

Emotional Brand Positioning: Igniting Emotions and Fueling Desire

Updated: May 17

This approach focuses on the captivating benefits that your products and services offer. It's all about communicating a promise of exceptional performance, but with a twist — a profound emotional reward awaits your customers: pleasure, happiness, and more.


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Emotional Positioning: Evoking Emotions. Image Credit: Marcating.com

In the realm of emotional positioning, it's not enough to simply communicate the features of your product, as is the case with functional positioning. Instead, you must tap into the transformative benefits that these features bring to the lives of your customers. Imagine shifting the conversation from the suction power of a vacuum cleaner to the precious leisure and relaxation time it grants.

In emotional positioning, the spotlight shines on the profound sensory and emotional gratification your customers will experience.

Here, the communication transcends rationality and ventures into the realm of stirring the senses and kindling deep emotions. Within the landscape of emotional positioning, the brand's focus transcends mere product attributes.


It's about capturing the metaphorical and symbolic essence of these attributes. Your brand narrative becomes a masterful tale of design prowess and unleashed creativity, breathing life into your value proposition.

Emotional Brand Positioning: The Calvin Klein case
Emotional Brand Positioning: The Calvin Klein case


Take a page from Calvin Klein's playbook, where the focus isn't solely on the quality or comfort of their textiles used in their underwear line. Instead, they ignite the fire of desire by tapping into the emotional benefit of sensuality that customers will feel when donning their pieces. It's about elevating the conversation to encompass the emotional rewards and symbolic resonance your brand embodies, surpassing the realm of mere functionality.


Embrace the emotional dimension of positioning and captivate your audience's hearts and minds. Unleash a brand experience that transcends logic, resonates deeply, and forges lasting connections.


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In essence, Emotional Positioning involves the Brand operating on a more emotional level, appealing to the senses. It goes beyond the mere product attributes and focuses on the metaphorical expression of those attributes. The marketing mix revolves around leveraging design and creativity.


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