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.
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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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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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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 takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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