The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them At Your Own Risk! — Book Notes

Al Ries, Jack Trout

Published: 1994

Who are Al Ries & Jack Trout?

In their own words: Al Ries & Jack Trout are probably the world’s best-known marketing strategists. Along with Jack Trout, Ries is credited with coining the term “positioning”, as related to the field of marketing

What This Book Is About:

If there are laws of the jungle and laws of the universe, there should also be laws that marketing professionals follow. These are the 22 laws of marketing.

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Big Lessons (or tl;dr version):

• Marketing is a battle of perceptions, not products or services.
• It’s better to be first than it is to be better.
• Create a category that you can be first in — and make sure that the category is supported by a singular word.
• Fight the leader by not being better, but being their opposite.
• Don’t extend your brand through line extension; it rarely works. Plus, your brand is not the one that works, it’s the association with something.