The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
AL RIESMarketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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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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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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