When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
AL RIESYour brand’s power lies in dominance.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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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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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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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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect’s mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder.
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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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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’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 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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