But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
AL RIESAdvertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
More Al Ries Quotes
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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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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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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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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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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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 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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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 real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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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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