The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
AL RIESGood things happen when you narrow your focus.
More Al Ries Quotes
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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If you CAN’T then all the advertising, fancy packaging, sales promotion and public relations in the world won’t help you achieve your objective.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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