Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
AL RIESThe best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
More Al Ries Quotes
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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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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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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Successful brands get into the mind slowly. A blurb in a magazine. A mention in a newspaper. A comment from a friend. A display in a retail store.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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