The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
AL RIESIf 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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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It normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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