Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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War and marketing have many similarities.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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That is, you position the product in 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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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