War and marketing have many similarities.
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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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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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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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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