It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
AL RIESIt’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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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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