Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
AL RIESThe 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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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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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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If 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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