The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in 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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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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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 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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