Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
AL RIESIf 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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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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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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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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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in 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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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