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162:. The aim of mind share is to establish a brand as being one of the best kinds of a given product or service, and to even have the brand name become a synonym for the product or service offered. For example, a prospective buyer of a college education will have several thousand colleges to choose from. However, the evoked set, or set of schools considered, will probably be limited to about ten. Of these ten, the colleges that the buyer is most familiar with will receive the greatest attention. 43: 223:". Companies will often attempt to prevent a product name from becoming generic to avoid losing trademark protection. Xerox Corporation attempted to prevent the genericization of its core trademark through an extensive public relations campaign advising consumers to "photocopy" instead of "xerox" documents. 169:, for example, can distinguish itself as a type of tissue. But, because it has gained popularity amongst consumers, it is frequently used as a term to identify any tissue, even if it is from a competing brand. 180:
Popularity can be established to a greater or lesser degree depending on product and market. For example, in the Southern U.S. it is common to hear people refer to any
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Marketers and promoters of mind share try to maximize the popularity of their product, so that the brand co-exists with deeper, more empirical categories of objects.
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A legal risk of such popularity is that the name may become so widely accepted that it becomes a
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Other objectives of mind share include short or long term increases in
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as a "coke", regardless of whether it is actually produced by
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Madden, Charles S. "Marketers Battle for Mind Share,"
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Mindshare
Mindshare (firm)

verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Mind share"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
consumer awareness
popularity
advertising
promotion
brand names
Kleenex
Q-tips
band-aids
cola
soft drink
Coca-Cola
generic
trademark
escalator
panadol
chapstick
tupperware

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