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June 25, 2021 55 mins

In this episode we discuss with marketing positioning legend April Dunford.

Positioning is foundational to everything we do in sales & marketing.

But what exactly is positioning? 

It’s a widely misunderstood topic 

April says...

“Positioning defines how your product is the best in the world at delivering some value that a well defined set of customers cares about” 

If you’re building a SaaS business this is a must watch! 

We discuss, 

- What exactly is positioning anyway 

- The 5 Components of awesome positioning

- How to tackle positioning and in the correct order 

- The intersection of jobs to be done & positioning 

- When to start positioning in SaaS

- Choosing the right market

- Positioning complex products

- Marketing is not magic dust you can throw on bad positioning

- Message testing around a positioning thesis 

- How April became a great storyteller 

- Radical differentiation in 2021

- How to hire great marketers 


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