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.
AL RIESCustomers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
More Al Ries Quotes
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect’s mind. A word that nobody else owns.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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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’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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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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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