That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESYou must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in 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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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