You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
AL RIESThe 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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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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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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 is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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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