Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
AL RIESA branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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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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 best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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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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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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