It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
AL RIESThe essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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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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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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 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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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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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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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 essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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