Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
AL RIESPositioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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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 branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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