A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
AL RIESMarketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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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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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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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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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect’s mind. A word that nobody else owns.
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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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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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