The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
AL RIESThe next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
More Al Ries Quotes
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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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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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