Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
AL RIESThe best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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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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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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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