Strategy
- Know the customer. Talk to them. It is tempting to assume that we understand our customers, but we are often wrong. We validate our assumptions through qualitative and quantitative customer input.
Phil Peron • Managing Your Product Playbook
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We start with Competitive Alternatives, or what would customers do if our solution didn’t exist. Once we have that, we can ask ourselves, “What do we have that the alternatives do not?” That gives us a list of Differentiated features or Key Unique Attributes. We can then go down that list and ask ourselves, “So what for customers?” Put another way,... See more
April Dunford • A quickstart guide to positioning
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Positioning is like context-setting for products. It’s a bit like the opening scene of a movie.
April Dunford • A quickstart guide to positioning
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Your strategy is the long-lasting way you’re investing in reaching that goal. Your strategy sits above the tactics. A strategy might be to earn trust and attention. A strategy might be to be seen as the best and maybe only alternative. A strategy might be to have alliances and partnerships that enable you and your message to reach exactly the right
... See moreSeth Godin • This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
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Building a brand identity is like composing a soundtrack for a film. You must find ways to touch on the same themes, while still introducing variations and inventive ways to create an atmosphere – in our case, the rich universe of a brand.
Poppy Thaxter • “The best results arrive from solid and trustful relationships.” Atelier ...
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business becomes a brand when it transcends its category of origin. It takes an existing core equity, or a particular philosophy, and it infuses that idea into everything it does, furthering its reputation or world view one product, service or line extension at a time.”
Meera Kothand • Uncover Your Difference
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Qualities of great strategy: p roblem-oriented: clearly identifies the problem; i nsight-driven: rooted in insights, both quantitative and qualitative; actionable: outlines concrete actions/investments that will solve this problem; focused: has a small number of high-leverage bets; cohesive: create a clear path from the problem to the solution.
Lenny Rachitsky • Getting better at product strategy
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Strategy is the methodology.
Creative is the method
Creative is the method
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