Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
AL RIESA successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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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War and marketing have many similarities.
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