If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
AL RIESGood things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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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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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Positioning is what you do to 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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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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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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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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