Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
AL RIESSuccessful 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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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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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 not what you do to a product.
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