It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
AL RIESCustomers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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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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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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