Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
AL RIESStrategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
More Al Ries Quotes
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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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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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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