Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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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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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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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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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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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