Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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It creates in the mind of the prospect the perception that there is no product on the market quite like your product.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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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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The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect’s mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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 next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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