Differentiating Through Your Core Competency

Once a Day Marketing™ featured video blog: Understanding Your Core Competency

Hello, I’m Jim Glover, That Branding Guy, for Once a Day Marketing™. Today is StrategicTuesdayand we are looking into how to differentiate your brand through core competency.

Core competency is the skill or production technique your business employs to deliver value to customers and is the central component of your company’s culture.

There are three aspects of core competency. First, your core competency should be such that competitors can’t readily imitate you. Second, it should be applied to all products and markets you enter. Third, it should contribute positively to the customer experience.

In essence, core competency is what your company is very good at doing. Many times brands try to be something they are not.

Your assignment for Strategic Tuesday is to analyze your company’s strengths and identify your core competency. Then develop strategies to strengthen it and, even better, use it in the marketplace to differentiate yourself from your competition.

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