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.
AL RIESEven if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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War and marketing have many similarities.
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It normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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