The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
AL RIESEveryone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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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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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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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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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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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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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