Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
AL RIESPositioning is not what you do to a product.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect’s mind. A word that nobody else owns.
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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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IBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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