Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESYou have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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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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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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