THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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