Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESIBM 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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier.
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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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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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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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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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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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The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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