Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
AL RIESA branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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’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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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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 normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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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 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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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