Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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What should a brand leader advertise?
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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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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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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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If you CAN’T then all the advertising, fancy packaging, sales promotion and public relations in the world won’t help you achieve your objective.
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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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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
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IBM 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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The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
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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 reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect’s mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder.
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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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