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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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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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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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