A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
AL RIESPositioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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