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by Al Ries
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The power of a brand is inversely proportional to its scope.
When you put your brand name on everything, that name loses its power.
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A brand becomes stronger when you narrow its focus.
A powerful branding program always starts by contracting the category, not expanding it.
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The birth of a brand is achieved with publicity, not advertising.
The best way to generate publicity is by being first – the first brand in a new category.
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Once born, a brand needs advertising to stay healthy.
Brand leaders advertise their leadership. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in customer behavior.
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A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.FedEx = Overnight deliveryKleenex = TissueXerox = Copy
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The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity.
Customers are suspicious.
Coke – “It’s the real thing.”
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Quality is important, but brands are not built on quality alone.
Sometimes expressed through a higher price and accompanying feature that seems to justify the price.
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A leading brand should promote the category, not the brand.
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In the long run, a brand is nothing more than a name.
The difference between brands is not in the products, but in the product names – the perception of the names.
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The easiest way to destroy a brand is to put its name on everything.
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To build the category, a brand should welcome other brands.
Healthy competition brings more customers to the category.
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One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.
Hard to differentiate a generic-named brand from competition.
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Brands are brands. Companies are companies. There is a difference.
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What branding builds, subbranding can destroy.
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There is a time and a place to launch a second brand.
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A brand’s logo should be designed to fit the eyes – both eyes.
Horizontal shape provides maximum impact.
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A brand should use a color that is the opposite of its major competitor’s.
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There are no barriers to global branding. A brand should know no borders.
Crossing a border often does add value to a brand. The perception of where the brand comes from can add or subtract value.
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A brand is not built overnight. Success is measured in decades, not years.
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Brands can be changed, but only infrequently and only very carefully.
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No brand will live forever. Euthanasia is often the best solution.
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The most important aspect of a brand is its single-mindedness.
A brand is a singular idea or concept that you own inside the mind of the prospect.
A brand is a proper noun that can be used in place of a common word.