You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
AL RIESMarketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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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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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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