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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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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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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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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