Each year we send more and receive less.
AL RIESThe essence of positioning is sacrifice.
More Al Ries Quotes
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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Successful brands get into the mind slowly. A blurb in a magazine. A mention in a newspaper. A comment from a friend. A display in a retail store.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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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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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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