The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
AL RIESSuccessful 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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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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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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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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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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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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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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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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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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