Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
AL RIESEveryone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
More Al Ries Quotes
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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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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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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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If you CAN’T then all the advertising, fancy packaging, sales promotion and public relations in the world won’t help you achieve your objective.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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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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