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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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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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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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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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