It normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears.
AL RIESToday, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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It normally takes decades to build a brand… It’s the forgetting of the old truth that allows a person to accept a new truth.
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You must be willing to give up something in order to establish that unique position.
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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 how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect.
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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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Positioning is what you do to the mind of the prospect.
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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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You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place
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It’s better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
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Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society.
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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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Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.
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Your brand’s power lies in dominance.
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That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
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Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
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