If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect’s mind. A word that nobody else owns.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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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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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 how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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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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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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