Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
AL RIESIt normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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 not what you do to a product.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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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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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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