A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
AL RIESA successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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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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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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It creates in the mind of the prospect the perception that there is no product on the market quite like your product.
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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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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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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect’s mind. A word that nobody else owns.
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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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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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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