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.
AL RIESStrategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
More Al Ries Quotes
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The new product, if it’s going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It’s as simple as that.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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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 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 what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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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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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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