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ompanies are focused on building products rather than brands. A product is something made in a factory. A brand is something made in the mind. To be successful today, you have to build brands, not products. And you build brands by using positioning strategies, starting with a good name.
Al Ries • Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
“The best approach in over-communicated society is the oversimplified message.” — Al Ries
Sari Azout • From Product/Market Fit to Language/Market Fit: A New Brand Storytelling Framework
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand
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Al Ries and Jack Trout: Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind (McGraw-Hill). Ries
Ash Maurya • Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean (O'Reilly))
Marketing is a battle of perceptions, not products
Al Ries • The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!
When you try to be everything, you wind up being nothing
Al Ries • Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
A company can become incredibly successful if it can find a way to own a word in the mind of the prospect. Not a complicated word. Not an invented one. The simple words are best, words taken right out of the dictionary. This is the law of focus. You “burn” your way into the mind by narrowing the focus to a single word or concept. It’s the ultimate ... See more