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.
AL RIESStrategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
More Al Ries Quotes
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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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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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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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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Each year we send more and receive less.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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