Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
AL RIESGood things happen when you narrow your focus.
More Al Ries Quotes
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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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 new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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IBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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