The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
AL RIESIt creates in the mind of the prospect the perception that there is no product on the market quite like your product.
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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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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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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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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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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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The 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.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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