Business Quotations

«Business-citation» — a complete collection of quotations and aphorisms about business. These pages contain quotes from the best books about business by competent authors, as well as sayings from famous and outstanding business leaders. Here you can find smart and witty thoughts, as well as those that can be considered laws and rules of running a business.

Al Ries, Jack Trout. Al Ries is a marketing professional and author. He is the co-founder and chairman consulting firm Ries & Ries with his partner and daughter, Laura Ries. Jack Trout is an owner of Trout & Partners, a consulting firm. He is one of the founders and pioneers of positioning theory, and also marketing warfare theory. The best quotations and sayings about business with comments.

#100at January 08, 2009 | Quotation rating:
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Quotation tags: marketing

All that exists in the world of marketing are perceptions in the minds of the customer or prospect. The perception is the reality. Everything else is an illusion.

#83at November 12, 2008 | Quotation rating:
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Quotation tags: marketing brand

It's much easier to get into the mind first than to try to convince someone you have a better product than the one that did get there first.

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Quotation tags: mistakes competitors

When a company makes a mistake today, footprints quickly show up on its back as competition runs off with its business. To get the business back, the company has to wait for others to make mistakes and then figure out how to exploit the situation.