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.
AL RIESPositioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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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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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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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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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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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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