It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
AL RIESPositioning is not what you do to a product.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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 CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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War and marketing have many similarities.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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