An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
AL RIESYou must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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 successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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