War and marketing have many similarities.
AL RIESWar and marketing have many similarities.
AL RIESAdvertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
AL RIESIt normally takes decades to build a brand… It’s the forgetting of the old truth that allows a person to accept a new truth.
AL RIESIBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
AL RIESStrategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
AL RIESThe 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.
AL RIESThe Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
AL RIESA successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
AL RIESYou must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
AL RIESPositioning is not what you do to a product.
AL RIESEveryone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
AL RIESA 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.
AL RIESA branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
AL RIESIt’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
AL RIESThe most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
AL RIESWhen a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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