Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESBrand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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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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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IBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
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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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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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