If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
AL RIESWar and marketing have many similarities.
More Al Ries Quotes
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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