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How do you validate your messaging and positioning once you've already finalized them?

Charlotte Norman
Canva Head Of Product Marketing5y
Testing, iterating, and optimizing with your core audiences is the key to successful positioning: Talk to your customers and prospective customers to see how the messag...
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John Withers
Atlassian Head of Product Marketing, Bitbucket1y
I’m going to split my answer into two parts, using the following (loose) definitions:Positioning: An internal-only description of what the product is, who it’s for, the p...
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Malli Vangala
Circana Chief Strategy Officer | Formerly Microsoft, SAP, McKinsey4y
We try to validate our messaging and positioning prior to finalizing them. We try to obtain feedback from the sales team (ultimately they will use this messaging/position...
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Sophia (Fox) Le
Glassdoor Director, Product Marketing5y
Change is inevitable! So whenever possible, going to market with “final” messaging should include room for evolution over time based on various external and internal fact...
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Candace Marshall
Zendesk Vice President, Product Marketing, AI and Automation | Formerly LinkedIn1y
A mentor once told me messaging and positioning if never done :) That's because the market changes, trends come and go, and your audience is never static. I strongly reco...
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Kashyap Patel
Druva Sr. Director, Product Management3y
Here is how I validate before and after finalizing them: Form a guild or squad consisting of product manager, sales rep, CSM, an exec (if possible). Use them as a sound...
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Jeff Rezabek
Workyard Director of Product Marketing2y
Messaging and positioning is never truly "finalized." It'll evolve as your product and market does. So, the first thing will be to shift your mindset. You can validate th...
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