When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
AL RIESAdvertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect’s mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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