The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospects mind.
AL RIESToday, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
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THE LAW OF THE CONTRACTION: A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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If you can build a powerful brand, you will have a powerful marketing program.
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The essence of positioning is sacrifice.
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Positioning is not what you do to a product.
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An attribute that nobody else already owns in your category.
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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A successful branding program is based on the concept of singularity.
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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 next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.
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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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What’s your brand? If you can’t answer that question about your own brand in two or three words, your brand’s in trouble.
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