Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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