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.
AL RIESBrand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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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’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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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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