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 RIESPositioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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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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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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