It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
AL RIESYou have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
More Al Ries Quotes
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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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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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