Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
AL RIESCustomers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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It normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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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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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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