It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
AL RIESEveryone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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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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It normally takes decades to build a brand… It’s the forgetting of the old truth that allows a person to accept a new truth.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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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 real barrier (to building a brand) is the human 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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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It normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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