THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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.
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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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 normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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 takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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