Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESMarketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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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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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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