You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
AL RIESThat is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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IBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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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 LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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