Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
AL RIESWhen a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
More Al Ries Quotes
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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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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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 creates in the mind of the prospect the perception that there is no product on the market quite like your product.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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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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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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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.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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