The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
AL RIESIt is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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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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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect’s mind. A word that nobody else owns.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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