It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
AL RIESA 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 Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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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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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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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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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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