A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
AL RIESBrand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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If 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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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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