You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
AL RIESBut with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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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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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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