Product Management University

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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. “ Too much fluff.

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The Product Cafe

MARCH 24, 2024

☕ All About Product Messaging Many businesses rush to launch their products, often overlooking the significant role of product messaging. If you find yourself in this situation, revisiting and refining your messaging strategy immediately is crucial. Product messaging can be tricky to get right.

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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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Pragmatic Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When awash with data and metrics, it’s easy for a product marketer to overlook precision in using the language of messaging. Manickam’s team at Boomi, which specializes in cloud-based integration, API management and master data management, starts all messaging and positioning with the same framework. See below.).

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Pragmatic Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When awash with data and metrics, it’s easy for a product marketer to overlook precision in using the language of messaging. Manickam’s team at Boomi, which specializes in cloud-based integration, API management and master data management, starts all messaging and positioning with the same framework. See below.).

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Product Management University

JANUARY 18, 2019

Powerful product positioning usually boils down to the best story, which is not always the best product. Great positioning is centered on the aspirations of your target customers and why those aspirations are so important to their success. Adhere to these three guidelines and marketing and selling value will be a lot easier.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

This means crafting a message strategy that truly engages its recipients on a regular basis. Below, we share key best practices for customer engagement, the anatomy of a good message, and a few examples to get your juices flowing. The anatomy of an effective message. Example messages that facilitate customer engagement.

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Messages that Matter

JUNE 1, 2020

Have you been thinking about changing your position because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Others say you need to change your message because what buyers are concerned about has changed. Much has been written about the need to adjust your marketing to take into the account the crisis. Be more empathetic, some suggest.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

April Dunford’s mtpcon Digital 2020 keynote on positioning was so good that we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to dig deeper into the topic with her. The post Obviously Awesome: Positioning Your Product – April Dunford on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product. Building a story brand.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

” Good sales positioning and discovery techniques can help you understand true buyer motivations so you don’t end up in the Nobody Zone. This stage is where your company messaging and solution positioning can fully engage buyers or push them away. There’s an old saying: “buyers are liars!”

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Messages that Matter

AUGUST 28, 2023

Messages that Matter Messages that Matter Thirteen out of seventeen Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) vendors have changed their positions since my last assessment conducted in May 2022. Only Kepion has done it right by sticking with the same unique position – “Planning your way” – for more than three years.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 8, 2018

And finally, to support our product announcement on launch day , we ended with a little plug that highlights the new Messenger on Product Hunt: Our Messenger apps for visitors: Position #1 Article Search app, integrated with our help center. Position #2 Content Showcase app, linking to our product tours. Leave me a message below.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Here’s an example of product positioning at its finest. Product knowledge is a big fat handicap when it comes to positioning value because it forces you to overthink everything. As product managers and product marketers, all you have to do is bring their vision of success to life with your positioning and you’ve got a winner.

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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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Messages that Matter

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When colleagues or peers or marketing consultants refer to positioning, what do you think they mean? There is often a debate about what positioning is, and what it is not. Confusing matters further, there are two proper usages of “positioning:” How your company is situated relative to its […].

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Pragmatic Marketing

MAY 31, 2018

June’s Box of the Month is positioning. Then you can create internal positioning documents for developing external messages that focus on each key buyer or persona. For a full list of relevant articles, webinars and blog posts, check out our Box of the Month page.

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280 Group

OCTOBER 29, 2022

This position has gained traction in enterprise organizations over the past few years, and for good reason: Product Marketing is essential for getting the word out about a product and driving sales. They typically conduct extensive research about competitors’ products and market conditions to inform their messaging and Go-to-Market strategy.

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Userpilot

MARCH 18, 2022

Your product messaging should attract the right audience and help them see your product as the perfect solution to their problems. In this blog post, we will discuss how you can build your product messaging, five great product messaging examples, so you can better communicate your brand value and attract the right audience.

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Messages that Matter

DECEMBER 16, 2021

… Positioning Intelligence Newsletter: December 16, 2021 Read More ». The post Positioning Intelligence Newsletter: December 16, 2021 first appeared on Messages that Matter.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In the simplest terms, portfolio marketing is a set of business practices for positioning and marketing the strategic customer value of your portfolio to chosen market segments with supporting practices that integrate the marketing of individual products. Marketing products individually only dilutes that message. Absolutely not.

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UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Such a positive outlook didn’t happen overnight. To end on a positive note, the world of research has expanded incrementally. Should you want to improve the design and performance of your digital product, message us to book a consultation with us. Luckily, I was wrong.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JUNE 19, 2018

Ask five people what positioning means and you’ll likely get five different answers. Positioning is often used in place of value proposition and vice versa; sometimes both get confused with messaging. What Positioning Isn’t. Stake out a Market Position. Occupy Space in the Minds of Your Customers.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JUNE 12, 2018

Product positioning is a key element of product management. Positioning documents will define your product category, the problems it solves and the personas it serves. So how does this model impact product positioning ? A product’s position is what it does and for whom. It turns positioning into messaging.

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BrainMates

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Product positioning is an important part of a product marketing strategy. Why does product positioning matter? Product Positioning is a core marketing tool that can help to convince potential buyers to select your product from the sea of other possibilities. Product positioning should not be rushed. Easy as S-T-P.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Classic “elevator pitch” positioning statements aren’t ideal because they’re not conversational. Learn this technique and more, and learn how to mobilize “scenario messaging” with your sales team! Sign up for The Art & Science of Positioning Solutions. Atlanta, November 20.

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Nulab

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

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. Research part 1: Qualitative research for competitive positioning. Any good positioning strategy begins with plenty of research. Define your competitive positioning approach.

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Pragmatic Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Jot down the key message headings. Now open the datasheet for that product and compare the message headings to those you wrote down. ” That’s because few high-tech vendors take the time to create product message maps and apply them to their marketing communications. Message Map Basics. Message Pillars.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

Transforming communication with instant messaging. Its journey from a modest messaging app to a global giant in instant messaging has been nothing short of remarkable. They wanted to create an app that would allow users to send text messages, images, videos, and other media, without the need for expensive SMS plans.

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Revulytics

JUNE 19, 2019

If you’re leveraging an innovative channel like in-application messaging to talk to your users, but you’re not saying the right things, you might as well be berating their cooking skills like the Gordon Ramsey version of Alexa. Software usage analytics will help you segment your audience so the right messages are sent to the right recipients.

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Innovatemap

JUNE 26, 2019

But there is one thing that should always be at the top of a startup’s to-do list: positioning and messaging. From fundraising to selling to just keeping the lights on, founding teams have plenty to deal with.

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Revulytics

MAY 30, 2018

Using ReachOut in-app messaging software, we can easily target certain customer segments and offer timely, relevant offers to upgrade. This positions customers to innovate, while freeing up valuable internal resources devoted to supporting legacy versions. How to best present upgrade offers for maximum success.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Today, we’re excited to unveil the newest message type in Intercom, Banners. Banners are a highly effective new type of message for your customer engagement strategy. Traditionally, banner messages have been relatively blunt instruments – eye-catching, sure, but not exactly sophisticated.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Do this for your top 3-5 market segments and then develop lead generation campaigns with messaging that’s industry specific. 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.” The Most Basic Rule of Product Positioning 3.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 5, 2020

April Dunford sat in the back of a marketing class at Northwestern University in Chicago, where her professor gave an example of a product positioning statement. By filling in the appropriate answers, you would design a product positioning statement that would suffice for your product and company. Positioning is not a tagline. .

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The secret sauce here is not just targeting your ads or your messaging toward one demographic at a time, but finding ways to target even smaller combinations. Communicating with both through the same message does neither group any good. Truly powerful mobile customer engagement comes from hyper-specific brand interactions.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The secret sauce here is not just targeting your ads or your messaging toward one demographic at a time, but finding ways to target even smaller combinations. Communicating with both through the same message does neither group any good. Truly powerful mobile customer engagement comes from hyper-specific brand interactions.

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