That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESA branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
More Al Ries Quotes
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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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 crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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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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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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