That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESStrategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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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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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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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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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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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Only brand names register in the mind… What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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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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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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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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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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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