Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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More Al Ries Quotes
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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