Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESAfter a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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… It’s the forgetting of the old truth that allows a person to accept a new truth.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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Successful brands get into the mind slowly. A blurb in a magazine. A mention in a newspaper. A comment from a friend. A display in a retail store.
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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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