What is the difference between "value proposition," "messaging," "pitch," and "story?"
Do you see these as separate, complementary, the same thing, or else?
7 Answers
LangChain VP of Marketing • 6y
These are all interrelated. Messaging: Includes value propositions, your story, and pitch. Also includes things like naming, alternatives, and taglines. Value Propositio...
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Panorama Education Head of Product Marketing | Formerly Narvar, Iterable, HubSpot, IBM • 6y
This is a great question. As product marketers, I think we often confuse this terminology, and due to the common use of these terms it amplifies the perception they are d...
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Visiting Media SVP Growth and Operations | Formerly Mozilla, LeapFrog • 4y
I like this kind of question because so much time is spent at work getting humans to agree that we're talking about the same thing. My particular answers are less importa...
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Confluent Vice President, Product Marketing • 3y
[Warning] Extremely Opinionated Zone starts now :) Value Proposition answers the question of whether buying your product is a good value exchange for the customer/prospe...
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Jellyfish VP of Product Marketing • 6y
Thanks, Diana. I see Messaging as a broader element and which can be broken down into: - Corporate / Brand messaging - Segment messaging - Solution or Product Messaging...
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AudiencePlus CEO • 6y
Interesting! I'll take a stab at it.My sense is that all of these fall under the parent bucket of messaging and positioning. Value Proposition is a subset of messaging th...
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KPI Sense Chief Executive Officer • 6y
Very straightforward question, with anything but a straightforward answer. They are each distinct... with roughly an 80% overlap with one another. The biggest differences...
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