Consider the following questions as your research the organization 's identity communication:
1.) What is your perception of the organization 's identity and does it seem directly and clearly tied to its mission and values?
For this week’s discussion topic, I have chosen to discuss the Colgate and Palmolive brand. The Colgate-Palmolive brand has been around for numerous years. Recently, in the last year or so, Colgate toothpaste has stepped up their game to compete with other toothpaste brands such as Crest. As for myself, I choose the Colgate-Palmolive brand. Colgate has come out with a new line of toothpaste and mouthwashes to help with your teeth’s whitening and enamel health. In fact, Colgate, now, has a toothpaste that
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Global Teamwork
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2.) Who is the organization 's target audience (i.e., ideal consumer) and do you think their identity is clearly tied to the audience 's needs and values?
The organization’s target audience would be consumer’s who are wanting to try the new and improved Colgate products. The Colgate-Palmolive brand is clearly tired to the audience’s needs and values by making consumers have brighter and whiter smiles with less whiting time. I say this because of some of the commercials I have witnessed on Television. Please check out this video of Colgate Optic White toothbrush with a built in whitening pen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLCHnCsZm7I
3.) Is the organization doing any "emotional branding”?
According to Solis (2013), “It’s what people feel, think, see, hear, touch, smell and (sometimes) taste as they experience your product over time. It’s also how your company supports them in their efforts throughout the relationship” (p.
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CP) launched a new toothbrush, Colgate Precision, to the market. But having developed for three years, CP was fiercely competing with other companies in the market. In order to have the power to fight in the highly competitive market with substantial product activity, Colgate-Palmolive Co. was in a problem of considering the how to position its new product--Precision, and to define the market strategy in terms of positioning, branding, and communication strategy. It provided some options with details to the reader, hence, for such purpose, this case would be a decision case, finding the optimum to segment the new product to the target and how it should be marketed.
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Crest, a toothpaste company, is known to be one of the world’s biggest dental hygiene businesses. They sell many products, including floss, toothpaste, toothbrushes, teeth whitening, and mouthwash. Their advertisements are in magazines, on television, and heard on the radio. The most common place one hears promotional Crest advertising is at your local dentist and orthodontist office. These Crest products may even be advertised in one’s own bathroom near the faucet. Crest’s main purpose of this advertisement is to lets its audience know the severity of oral hygiene. Crest’s uses efficient advertising to get its main message across by persuading its audience into buying its product by, explaining necessary precautions, targeting the appropriate audience, introducing credible information, playing on emotions, using strategic devices, and using creative weasel words.
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