The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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More Al Ries Quotes
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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If you CAN’T then all the advertising, fancy packaging, sales promotion and public relations in the world won’t help you achieve your objective.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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