Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
AL RIESStrategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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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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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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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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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.
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