It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
AL RIESA 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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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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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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 LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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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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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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