Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
AL RIESIt’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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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It creates in the mind of the prospect the perception that there is no product on the market quite like your product.
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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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