It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
AL RIESWhen a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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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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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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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 need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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