Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect’s mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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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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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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