An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
AL RIESA laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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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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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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Customers want brands that are narrow in scope and distinguishable by a single word, the shorter the better.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light.
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Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company’s ultimate objective.
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After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
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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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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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The best way to make news is to announce a new category, not a new product.
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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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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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