Business of Software Conference

MAY 18, 2023

I had a conversation with April Dunford recently to discuss her brand new talk for BoS USA 2023 and the question of why positioning fails in sales came up a lot… April’s obviously awesome by the way. She had some super insightful things to share about why positioning fails in sales – and what to do about it.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 4, 2019

One of the biggest determining factors of a company’s success is the clarity of its message, and how that clarity comes across in every interaction across the product and brand. Brand Identity: When customers interact with your brand, is your value proposition clear? Three reasons companies get this stuff wrong.

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Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 13, 2024

April Dunford is an expert at nailing positioning for scaling tech companies and wrote Obviously Awesome , a definitive guide to product positioning. April has worked hands-on with over 200 companies on positioning, including Google, IBM, Postman, and Epic Games. .” So how do you assess positioning?

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 7, 2019

Positioning, while classically considered part of the marketing world, is absolutely essential for every product manager to understand. Positioning refers to the place that a brand occupies in the minds of customers and its perceived differentiation from its competitors.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

What’s product differentiation? What differentiation strategies can a product manager use to make the product stand out in a saturated market? Product differentiation is about highlighting the features of your product that make it stand out on the market. Mixed differentiation uses both objective and subjective criteria.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 23, 2024

Product positioning strategies are not only a marketing tactic but a survival strategy. In this article, we’ll go over product positioning definitions and their types, then go over our process for creating a product positioning strategy that gets positive user feedback. What is product positioning?

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 11, 2019

If building products is hard, positioning your product is harder. No matter what you build and sell, how you position your product dictates what you do. How you prioritize, marketing campaigns, sales strategy, it all changes based on how your product is positioned. How do you position your product? So where do you start?

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 9, 2023

Insights on brand storytelling for product managers. This is a branding and messaging issue. As product professionals, we need to help position our products in ways that make sense for customers and the organization. We have to tell the product and brand story effectively. 2:14] What is brand storytelling?

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Innovatemap

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As tech companies navigate an increasingly AI-driven landscape, the role of differentiated, customer-centric messaging has never been more critical. There is AI-Fatigue in the Air While AI remains atop our news feeds, simply claiming “AI capabilities” is no longer a differentiator. What’s next for Product Marketers?

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Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Prospective customers are inundated with options, making it crucial for businesses to differentiate themselves. ” field for unstructured feedback and ask about areas for improvement and favorite brand aspects. VoC data is particularly valuable when you don’t have a branded case study, customer testimonial, or referral to rely on.

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Department of Product

JULY 29, 2022

Product Positioning for Product Managers Why an understanding of how your product is positioned is critical A key responsibility for Product Managers is to define how their products are positioned in the market. This is the result of unique product positioning.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. Let’s have look at what product positioning actually is, what it involves, the benefits of effective positioning, the strategies you can employ, and the risks of ignoring all the wisdom in this article.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 31, 2023

Vision Inspiring : Describes the positive change the product should create. Differentiated : The aspects of your product that make it stand out , set it apart from alternative offerings are stated. These are vision, target group, needs, product, and business goals. Focused : There are no more than five features.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You can find the first part here: Case study: what’s wrong with Soundcloud and what opportunity it misses I will be exploring how differentiating the content can: Allow a highly tailored experience across different areas of the product Help Soundcloud catch strategic opportunities while playing with their own strengths.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Be a Positive Person That Salespeople Love To Work With There’s a lot to unpack here, but DO NOT interpret this as “do whatever sales asks.” That credibility is often what differentiates you in the end. The Most Basic Rule of Product Positioning 3. It’ll tarnish our brand.” Our sales numbers backed it up! It seems cheesy.”

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While all the buzz may be around differentiating yourself, understanding your similarities to other solutions is just as important to product-led growth — if not more important. Points of parity can be used to keep up with competitive brands while using unique selling points (USPs) to eventually surpass them.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

Conducting a competitor analysis helps you understand the market landscape, identify your differentiations, and gain deeper insights into your target audience’s preferences and pain points. This will help you identify other brands that potential customers might pick over yours. Then, use different digital channels to dive deeper.

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Nulab

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Whether you’re an established company with a new product or a brand-new startup, knowing where you fit in the market is vital. Competitive positioning is a way to assess the market, suss out your competition, and work out whether your offering is a viable means of making money. Define your competitive positioning approach.

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BrainMates

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Product positioning is an important part of a product marketing strategy. It has several distinct brands, each of which are designed with specific buyers in mind. Why does product positioning matter? Done well, product positioning can boost your sale price, sales volume and customer satisfaction. Updated December, 2019.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A messaging strategy is a marketing framework /plan that outlines how your brand communicates its key messages and unique selling proposition to its target audience. Differentiation : Strategic messaging highlights what makes your brand unique, showcasing features and benefits that set you apart from competitors.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

The product-focused approach helps you deliver a clear product value proposition, improve your brand image, and demonstrate competitive differentiation. Over time, your audience will begin associating the product’s positive attributes with your brand itself, which leads to increased trust and loyalty. Email marketing.

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Alchemer Mobile

JUNE 15, 2024

Fast service” may be seen as favorable in banking and take-out restaurants but not at all positive for fine dining experiences. You can analyze large volumes of NPS, CSAT and customer feedback data to quickly understand what’s driving negative and positive sentiment about your brand. Foster brand loyalty.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 27, 2021

How to differentiate and build a competitive advantage that you can sustain and defend over time Photo by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels Creating your product strategy is hard work. Focus and Positioning: A different type of prioritization Selecting is not about prioritization frameworks or ROI calculations.

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Product Talk

JUNE 19, 2024

The better we understand our customers, the better we can meet their needs, and the more we can differentiate our product from the competitors. We interview so that we can learn how we can positively intervene in their lives. These gaps allow us to differentiate our products and services from our competitors’. It’s not real.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

They include the differentiation , quality, cost , focus, service, pioneer, niche, challenger, equivalence, requests-based , and upselling strategies. This is also the time to define your product’s positioning and unique value proposition (UVP). For example, Userpilot differentiates itself through its comprehensive feature suite.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 13, 2024

Does the data show positive, flat, or negative trends? Is your product still sufficiently differentiated and does it still stand out from competing offerings? Let’s take a look at them. Performance : What do the key performance indicators (KPIs) tell you about the value the product is creating? Are there new market entrants?

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Brand Value & Competitive Differentiation Every technology company touts the benefit of their platform and the seamless product integration, yet products are largely managed and marketed in silos. A market strategy does just that. The Bottom Line on Market Strategy vs. Product Strategies Here’s the bottom line.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

To get a sense of how customers feel about your brand, you must start by tracking customer sentiment. The goal of a Net Promoter Score-type survey should be to determine the path necessary to change detractors, neutral customers, and even promoters to strong brand advocates. But where should you start? NPS+ does just that.

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Userpilot

JULY 29, 2024

Identify direct and indirect competitors via market research to better position your product. SWOT analysis summarizes strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to provide insights for strategic recommendations to enhance competitive position. Microsoft Teams leverages Microsoft's brand. SWOT analysis.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

However, despite a strong, socially motivated purpose, TOMS struggled due to a lack of focus on business value and product differentiation. While their socially oriented purpose was commendable, the company faced hurdles in value delivery across their business model, product offering, and brand differentiation in a rapidly changing market.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 20, 2024

This establishes a clear and cohesive brand message and increases brand credibility. Message maps allow organizations to differentiate themselves effectively from competitors by creating clear and distinct messaging that highlights the brand’s or product’s unique value proposition.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

JULY 24, 2023

How will you differentiate from these? Where do you stand on your brand? Do you have a name, a logo, and have you thought about brand positioning? Do you have a name, a logo, and have you thought about brand positioning? What are some examples of similar brands? What is different, special here?

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Pragmatic Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

Put another way: Your personal brand is more important than ever. And if you are the product, why not manage your personal brand like a product? The key is to create long-term extensibility for your brand. How do you differentiate yourself? So you will need to keep your skills fresh and nurture your relationships.

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UX Studio

APRIL 25, 2019

Still, how users react to your brand strategy lies relatively out of your hands. Words, logos, brand colours just trigger things – their power resides in associations. Previous experience with a specific brand deeply influences the way people perceive it. Let’s jump into branding research! Takeaways on branding research.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For example, generate revenue or meet a profit margin, reduce cost, or develop the brand? Will the product make a positive impact on people’s lives, the wider society, and the planet, or will it at least not cause any harm ? Do the metrics show a positive, flat, or negative trend? How will it benefit the company?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 26, 2022

Since the pandemic, consumer habits have really changed – shoppers have migrated online en masse, their expectations are higher than ever, and brand loyalty is harder to maintain. For example, 65% of social media users expect brands to respond on those channels, in the same way they would if they inquired on your website.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2022

As a result, digital technologies are being seen as the critical differentiators they are. With digital becoming an integral part of the new normal, those brands that can elevate the human experience will be able to make a lasting emotional connection with their customers, which then becomes transformational.”.

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