It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
AL RIESThat is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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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.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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