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.
AL RIESMarketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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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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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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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It creates in the mind of the prospect the perception that there is no product on the market quite like your product.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in 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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