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.
AL RIESIt’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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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 reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect’s mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder.
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It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
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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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