Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It
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Top Takeaways
1. Define your product’s unique value proposition: Clearly articulate the benefits and value your product offers to customers, and what sets it apart from competitors.
2. Know your target customers: Conduct research to understand the needs, pain points, and motivators of your target customers.
3. Identify your product’s ideal customer: Determine the specific customer segment that your product is best suited for and tailor your positioning to them.
4. Create a unique and memorable brand: Develop a compelling brand story and identity that resonates with your target customers and helps to differentiate your product.
5. Use customer language: Write copy and messaging that speaks directly to your target customers in their own language, avoiding technical jargon.
6. Highlight customer results: Emphasize the outcomes and results that customers can expect from using your product.
7. Test and refine your positioning: Regularly test and refine your product positioning to ensure it is resonating with customers and driving growth.
8. Ensure product features align with positioning: Make sure that your product features and capabilities are aligned with your positioning and deliver on customer expectations.
9. Use visual aids to communicate positioning: Utilize visuals and graphics to help customers easily understand the key benefits and differentiators of your product.
10. Consistently communicate your positioning: Consistently communicate and reinforce your product positioning through all marketing and sales efforts, creating a consistent and memorable brand experience for customers.
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First Published
May 14th 2019
Description (Excerpt)
You know your product is awesome—but does anybody else? Forget everything you thought you knew about positioning. Successfully connecting your product with consumers isn’t a matter of following trends, comparing yourself to the competition or trying to attract the widest customer base.
So what is it? April Dunford, positioning guru and tech exec, will enlighten you.
Her new book, Obviously Awesome, shows you how to find your product’s “secret sauce”—and then sell that sauce to those who crave it. Having spent years as a startup executive (with 16 product launches under her belt) and a consultant (who’s worked on dozens more), Dunford speaks with authority about breaking through the noise of a crowded market.
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