Position Your Brand by Picking the Right Fight

Inside The Strategic Enemy you'll learn:

How the consumer mind works and why being "better" isn't enough.

How the consumer mind works and why being "better" isn't enough.

How the consumer mind works and why being "better" isn't enough.

How the consumer mind works and why being "better" isn't enough.

Why a strategic enemy is critical to positioning success.

Why a strategic enemy is critical to positioning success.

Why a strategic enemy is critical to positioning success.

Why a strategic enemy is critical to positioning success.

Real world successes including Chick-fil-A, Liquid Death, and NVIDIA.

Real world successes including Chick-fil-A, Liquid Death, and NVIDIA.

Real world successes including Chick-fil-A, Liquid Death, and NVIDIA.

Real world successes including Chick-fil-A, Liquid Death, and NVIDIA.

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How to build a brand worth fighting for.

How to build a brand worth fighting for.

How to build a brand worth fighting for.

In The Strategic Enemy: How to Build and Position a Brand Worth Fighting For, bestselling author and positioning strategist Laura Ries delivers an exciting and powerful new discussion of how some of the world’s most energetic brands make an impact and rally consumers to their cause.

She explains the key to effective brand positioning - identifying an “enemy”- and shows you how to use an indisputable difference and distinctive visual hammer to drive your brand into the minds of consumers.

  • Illustrative case studies like Liquid Death, Chick-fil-A, Salesforce, TikTok and Dude Wipes demonstrate how to effectively position your brand by identifying the enemy.

  • Why saying No is the best way to find your focus and identify the enemy.

  • How to keep your brand from becoming its own worst enemy due to excessive line-extensions.

  • When you are the leader, how to anchor your brand in the mind to protect it from enemies that will eventually attack.


In The Strategic Enemy: How to Build and Position a Brand Worth Fighting For, bestselling author and positioning strategist Laura Ries delivers an exciting and powerful new discussion of how some of the world’s most energetic brands make an impact and rally consumers to their cause.

She explains the key to effective brand positioning - identifying an “enemy”- and shows you how to use an indisputable difference and distinctive visual hammer to drive your brand into the minds of consumers.

  • Illustrative case studies like Liquid Death, Chick-fil-A, Salesforce, TikTok and Dude Wipes demonstrate how to effectively position your brand by identifying the enemy.

  • Why saying No is the best way to find your focus and identify the enemy.

  • How to keep your brand from becoming its own worst enemy due to excessive line-extensions.

  • When you are the leader, how to anchor your brand in the mind to protect it from enemies that will eventually attack.

In The Strategic Enemy: How to Build and Position a Brand Worth Fighting For, bestselling author and positioning strategist Laura Ries delivers an exciting and powerful new discussion of how some of the world’s most energetic brands make an impact and rally consumers to their cause.

She explains the key to effective brand positioning - identifying an “enemy”- and shows you how to use an indisputable difference and distinctive visual hammer to drive your brand into the minds of consumers.

  • Illustrative case studies like Liquid Death, Chick-fil-A, Salesforce, TikTok and Dude Wipes demonstrate how to effectively position your brand by identifying the enemy.

  • Why saying No is the best way to find your focus and identify the enemy.

  • How to keep your brand from becoming its own worst enemy due to excessive line-extensions.

  • When you are the leader, how to anchor your brand in the mind to protect it from enemies that will eventually attack.

In The Strategic Enemy: How to Build and Position a Brand Worth Fighting For, bestselling author and positioning strategist Laura Ries delivers an exciting and powerful new discussion of how some of the world’s most energetic brands make an impact and rally consumers to their cause.

She explains the key to effective brand positioning - identifying an “enemy”- and shows you how to use an indisputable difference and distinctive visual hammer to drive your brand into the minds of consumers.

  • Illustrative case studies like Liquid Death, Chick-fil-A, Salesforce, TikTok and Dude Wipes demonstrate how to effectively position your brand by identifying the enemy.

  • Why saying No is the best way to find your focus and identify the enemy.

  • How to keep your brand from becoming its own worst enemy due to excessive line-extensions.

  • When you are the leader, how to anchor your brand in the mind to protect it from enemies that will eventually attack.

Praise from Industry Leaders

Praise from Industry Leaders

See why top experts hail The Strategic Enemy as the game-changing blueprint that transforms good brands into legendary ones.

The Strategic Enemy in Conversation

The Strategic Enemy in Conversation

Discover Laura’s latest podcast appearances, where she brings positioning principles to life through real-world stories.

Discover Laura’s latest podcast appearances, where she brings positioning principles to life through real-world stories.

Get the latest Positioning insights.

The Pioneers of Positioning welcome you into our club. Sharing all the tools in the RIES Positioning Toolbox to help you build a brand worth fighting for.

Get the latest Positioning insights.

The Pioneers of Positioning welcome you into our club. Sharing all the tools in the RIES Positioning Toolbox to help you build a brand worth fighting for.

Get the latest Positioning insights.

The Pioneers of Positioning welcome you into our club. Sharing all the tools in the RIES Positioning Toolbox to help you build a brand worth fighting for.

Get the latest Positioning insights.

The Pioneers of Positioning welcome you into our club. Sharing all the tools in the RIES Positioning Toolbox to help you build a brand worth fighting for.

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Positioning: The Battle for your Mind is the book that continues to revolutionize the world of marketing. Instead of communicating the benefits of your brand, you need to look inside the mind of the consumer to find a position you can own.

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Violate them at your own risk!

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Nail your brand into the mind with the emotional power of a visual.

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Ries © 2025

RIES. Positioning Pioneers.

Ries © 2025

RIES. Positioning Pioneers.

Ries © 2025

RIES. Positioning Pioneers.

Ries © 2025