Successful brands get into the mind slowly. A blurb in a magazine. A mention in a newspaper. A comment from a friend. A display in a retail store.
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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If you CAN’T then all the advertising, fancy packaging, sales promotion and public relations in the world won’t help you achieve your objective.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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