Positioning is not what you do to a product.
AL RIESBranding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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 because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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