You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
AL RIESMarketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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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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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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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War and marketing have many similarities.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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