Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESBut with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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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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