A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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 LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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