The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
AL RIESA brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect’s mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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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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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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