You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
AL RIESWar and marketing have many similarities.
More Al Ries Quotes
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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 creates in the mind of the prospect the perception that there is no product on the market quite like your product.
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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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If you CAN’T then all the advertising, fancy packaging, sales promotion and public relations in the world won’t help you achieve your objective.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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