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The big news on Wall Street last year was the first public offering of Internet search engine Google. If you were a visitor from another planet, you ask yourself May, which the large, advanced and high technology behind the success of Google? Would it be possible to IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Apple, Oracle, SAP, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Dell, Xerox, Sun Microsystems, Philips and Siemens? Of course not. Brains behind Google are two Stanford students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who launched the site in 1998. Six years later, the two founders are worth billions. All the benefits: With some exceptions, large corporations rarely the launch of new products that will be a great success, despite the large companies have all the advantages. Large companies have resources, people, powers, distribution contacts with the media. I can not think of a single contractor has the advantage of a large global conglomerate. But it was a big global conglomerate behind the success of brands such as Starbucks, Red Bull, Linux, JetBlue, Amazon, Yahoo, eBay, priceline, Monster.com and a host of others. Neither after the case was a large global conglomerate behind the success of most major brands in the past. Brands like Apple, Microsoft, Digital Equipment, Dell, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, SAP, Siebel, Compaq, Quicken, McDonald's, Subway, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Papa John's, Wendy's, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Wal -- -- - Mart or Costco. I repeat. Large companies seldom launch new products that are highly successful. Sin the capital, there are two reasons for this phenomenon, called two deadly sins of marketing. The mortal sin is the first time. The good book says: It is a time to be born, and a time to die. Times of a mark of having been born before the category was established in mind. It was 14 years after the launch of Red Bull that Coca-Cola Co. has finally responded by launching his own brand of energy drink Kmx-Do Kmx have enough energy to overcome a Red Bull? It is no coincidence. When a competitive brand is established in the perspective of mind, it is almost impossible for me for your brand to overcome the leader. 32 years in advance who was 32 years after the launch of Southwest Airlines Delta has finally responded by launching their own non-frills carriers is called the song. You can not give the competition a third of a century- Head Start , and expressed the hope to build a brand. While the moment is on the southwest side. In order not to talk about money and resources. Think about all day in the boardroom at Digital Equipment Corp. is trying to persuade the CEO and staff to launch a serious 16-bit PC business IBM did before. No chance. We do not want to be the first, said President and CEO. And I'm not worried about IBM, he continued, because if IBM will first, we will strike their specifications. Well, IBM do first with the launch of PC in August 1981, the first 16-bit serious business personal computer, a product that came to dominate a fast-growing market. Digital Equipment and followed with not one but three different lines of personal computers, none of them made a dent in the market despite their specifications without doubt better. IBM has been the norm, and if they want to participate in the market for personal computers, which was a clone. Digital Equipment lost too badly. Digital Equipment has powers to dominate the PC market. Presented by the world's largest manufacturer of small computers was the slogan of digital equipment for the new personal computer. Think about all day in a room at Xerox are trying to persuade the company to launch a desktop laser printer before Hewlett-Packard LaserJet won its roots. No chance. Too bad. Xerox has powers to dominate the market for laser printers. In 1977, Xerox introduced the 5700, the first laser printer success. Second deadly sins The second sin is its name. A big company wants to put his own name, a new brand. This is usually a mistake. New categories generally require new brands. Despite IBM advance in business PCs, the company was finally overcome by Compaq and Dell, two new brands are designed specifically for this category of personal computers. For most potential customers, understand IBM mainframes, not PCs (It is interesting to note how many people who are marketing for IBM chido not move fast enough on personal computers when he did 'was actually the first. Mainframe mentality, It's his usual complaint.). Think about all day in the boardroom at Continental Airlines, trying to persuade management not to appoint the new no-frills Continental Lite. You have two options. Everybody can do the continental system is not frills (preferably) or you can give the new low-cost airlines such as Continental a different name. No chance. Continental Airlines crashed The company has carried the Continental Lite, a company that took off, then just as quickly fell to earth, after losing several million dollars. It is then Kodak, a company that pays the price for not giving her new digital camera line a different name Kodak. Kodak photography using film, not digital photography. The irony is that Kodak invented the first digital camera (1976). But the name Kodak blocks of society in the past. As at Digital Equipment and IBM, Kodak has identification, organization and resources needed to learn a new category, but not the vision to recognize that a new category requires a new name. The exception is an exception should be mentioned. In 1994, Bill Gates asked Richard Barton Microsoft to develop a CD-ROM idea of involving travel guides. Barton convinced Gates that the CD-ROM idea would fail, but as an on-line travel agency can succeed. In addition, Mr. Gates persuaded that the project is a name different from Microsoft. Richard Barton Microsoft's online travel agency Expedia . Seven years later, Microsoft has sold control of Expedia U.S. network, an estimated 1.3 million dollars. What is your brand? Do you really want to know? Is this important? Do you want a simple test to see if your company is now marked? Click on the link below: http://www.brandidentityguru.com/bightml/brandmasterpiece.html http://www.brandidentityguru.com/bightml/brandmasterpiece.html while the law said Our brand 's test. This is a very fast and easy to see where they are below their marketing, advertising and branding efforts. It was also the show where you are strong. Take the test if they dare ... You May be surprised by the result! 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