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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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 brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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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’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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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