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.
AL RIESIt takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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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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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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