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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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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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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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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