It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
AL RIESThe best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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It normally takes decades to build a brand… It’s the forgetting of the old truth that allows a person to accept a new truth.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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