Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESIf you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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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Positioning is not what you do to a 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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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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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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