An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
AL RIESThe 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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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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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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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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 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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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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