The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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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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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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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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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s 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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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