We often hear that messaging should be differentiating. How can that be achieved?
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Moloco Product Marketing Director • 1y
IMHO, the best way to do that is through a unique competitive, consumer or industry insight -- if no other company is leaning into that type of insight, you will be novel...
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Midi Health Go To Market & Principal PMM | Formerly Homebase, Angi, The Knot • 2y
Achieving differentiated messaging starts with a deep understanding of customers and actively listening to their needs and preferences. By prioritizing the customer's per...
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Shopify Senior Product Marketing Lead • 2y
My favorite product marketing mentor always gave me the best advice to ensure my messaging was differentiated. What is the one thing you can say that your competitor cann...
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Adobe Sr Director of Product Marketing, Creative Cloud • 2y
Perhaps implicit in this question is one of my philosophies that a PMM should be customer obsessed and competitor aware. What I mean by this is that we as PMM should rea...
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Inngest Head of Marketing • 2y
I don’t think I agree messaging should be differentiating but I do think it should make your company easily distinguishable. What I mean by that is that folks that focus ...
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Adobe Head of GTM Strategy, APAC & Japan • 2y
Easier said then done but do a 'pinch test' when reviewing your messaging. Ask yourself if you removed your companies brand/name from the message could any other brand/na...
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Upstart Product Marketing Director, New Products • 2y
Your product is not the exact replica of any other product—if it is, your problem starts there. Your product has it's own identity and that should come through in tone, o...
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