Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
AL RIESMarketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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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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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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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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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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What should a brand leader advertise?
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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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