The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
AL RIESAdvertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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 normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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