You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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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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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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