It’s the first company to build the mental position that has the upper hand, not the first company to make the product.
AL RIESToday, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
More Al Ries Quotes
-
-
THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
AL RIES -
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.
AL RIES -
Each year we send more and receive less.
AL RIES -
Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills.
AL RIES -
You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
AL RIES -
That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
AL RIES -
You have to reduce the essence of your brand to a single thought or attribute.
AL RIES -
The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind.
AL RIES -
After a slow buildup, people become convinced that they have known about the brand forever.
AL RIES -
When a really new product comes along, it’s almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it.
AL RIES -
Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
AL RIES -
The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
AL RIES -
An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
AL RIES -
IBM didn’t invent the computer; Sperry Rand did. But IBM was the first to build the computer position in the prospect’s mind.
AL RIES -
Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
AL RIES