After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
AL RIESThe essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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