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The Most Basic Rule of Product Positioning – It’s Easy

Product Management University

I learned a lot about product positioning long before I ever stepped into a product marketing role. I think of demos as verbal product positioning. The Product Positioning School of Hard Knocks Early in my pre-sales demo career, I had some demos where my audience was totally engaged and it felt like I hit it out of the park.

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Should Product Positioning and Sales Narratives be Different?

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Does your product positioning need to be different than your sales narratives? The short and simple answer is no, but it’s highly dependent on how your product positioning is constructed. As a former product marketing manager, I know this all too well and was guilty in the first degree!

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Product Positioning Tip 6 of 7: Structuring a Positioning Presentation

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The Playbook : Keep this in mind when creating presentations for marketing and sales events. The attention of your buying audience is greatest at the start of the presentation. You want to hold that attention and take it up a notch as the presentation progresses. Sign up for The Art & Science of Positioning Solutions.

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Top 10: Why Salespeople Don’t Use Corporate Positioning Decks

Product Management University

Directly from many salespeople (clients) over the past 20 years, here are the most popular responses (in no particular order) to the question, “Why don’t you use the corporate positioning deck? Here’s the problem with most positioning presentations that come from corporate marketing. Make It Consumable.

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Product Marketing vs. Portfolio Marketing: Which One is Right For You?

Product Management University

The easiest way to think of product marketing vs. portfolio marketing is the age-old motto, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Your portfolio has more market and customer value than the sum of the products. What is Product Marketing? What is Portfolio Marketing? Here’s the difference. healthcare).

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How Product Management & Product Marketing Lead From a Position of Strength

Product Management University

That brings us to the subject of influence among product management and product marketing teams. Those who possess more market knowledge wield far more influence than those who don’t. And that market knowledge is the key to leading from a position of strength. Market Knowledge Defined. The diagnosis is simple.

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Breaking into Japan: The Sweet Success of Kit Kat’s Market Entry

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Kit Kat , a globally recognized chocolate brand, has not only won the hearts of chocolate lovers worldwide but has also achieved remarkable success in the Japanese market. The journey of Kit Kat in Japan is a fascinating tale of cultural adaptation, innovative marketing strategies, and a bit of serendipity.

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