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.
AL RIESStrategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
More Al Ries Quotes
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect’s mind. A word that nobody else owns.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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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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If you CAN’T then all the advertising, fancy packaging, sales promotion and public relations in the world won’t help you achieve your objective.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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