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.
AL RIESA branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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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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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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IBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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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 build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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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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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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