An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
AL RIESBut with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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