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 branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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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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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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