It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
AL RIESCustomers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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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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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 Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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IBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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It normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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