Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
AL RIESAn attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
More Al Ries Quotes
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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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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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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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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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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