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.
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.
More Al Ries Quotes
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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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