You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
AL RIESIf you CAN’T then all the advertising, fancy packaging, sales promotion and public relations in the world won’t help you achieve your objective.
More Al Ries Quotes
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IBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
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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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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 essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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 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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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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