War and marketing have many similarities.
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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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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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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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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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Successful brands get into the mind slowly. A blurb in a magazine. A mention in a newspaper. A comment from a friend. A display in a retail store.
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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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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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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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