A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
AL RIESThe real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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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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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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