Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
AL RIESPositioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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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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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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