Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIESTo get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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It is better to have 50% of one market, instead of 10% of five markets.
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When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
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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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Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
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War and marketing have many similarities.
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The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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 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’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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The Internet is the ultimate in brand-centered buying.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.
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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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Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
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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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A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
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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 can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus.
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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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To get into the consumer’s mind, you have to sacrifice.
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Each year we send more and receive less.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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