You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
AL RIESToday, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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 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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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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