Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESThat is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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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.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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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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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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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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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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