Positioning is not what you do to a product.
AL RIESIf you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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 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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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 LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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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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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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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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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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