What should a brand leader advertise?
AL RIESEveryone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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Positioning is not what you do to a 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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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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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 essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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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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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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