<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dropping everyone but SL Marketing from a marketing discussion.<br><br></div>A strong brand is a differentiator, which practices exclusion. This might seem contradictory for a free libre open source software project, but then again, most such projects have feeble marketing. For anyone to adopt a brand, they have to feel close to it and know what it stands for, what it is and what it definitely is not. Brand dilution means the vision of the brand losing focus, applying its values to products, services or ideas outside its core association. Brand owners often try to extend a brand, since the rewards can be substantial. However more often than not a diluted brand loses its power and is considered has-been, irrelevant or worthless.<br><br></div><div>Sean.<br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Dave Crossland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com" target="_blank">dave@lab6.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 14 June 2016 at 10:14, Sean DALY <<a href="mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com">sdaly.be@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Dave Crossland <<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com">dave@lab6.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> A brand that is not being diluted is stale, rigid, dying.<br>
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> I completely disagree, but it doesn't matter.<br>
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</span>Please speak up! :) Why do you think brand dilution is not a very<br>
positive thing?<br>
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