Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
AL RIESIt creates in the mind of the prospect the perception that there is no product on the market quite like your product.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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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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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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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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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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