Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
AL RIESEveryone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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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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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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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