You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
AL RIESBranding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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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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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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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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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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