The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
AL RIESChanging the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
More Al Ries Quotes
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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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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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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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