It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
AL RIESGood things happen when you narrow your focus.
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Positioning is what you do to 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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War and marketing have many similarities.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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 LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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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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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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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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