The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
AL RIESMarketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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Successful brands get into the mind slowly. A blurb in a magazine. A mention in a newspaper. A comment from a friend. A display in a retail store.
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