If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect’s mind. A word that nobody else owns.
AL RIESThat is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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It 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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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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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