What should a brand leader advertise?
AL RIESThe most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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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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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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