Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
AL RIESMarketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect’s mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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