My CEO is always saying we are selling a commodity. How do you create messaging and positioning around something that is considered undifferentiated?
Any good resources for developing your skills? Is there a good class or a book?
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Celigo Vice President Product Marketing | Formerly HackerOne, Cohere, Box, Google, Adobe • 5y
Even if you’re selling a commodity—stop selling it like a commodity!This means that the most important part of knowing how to sell commodity products is to stop focusing ...
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OpenTable Director of Product Marketing • 4y
Obviously you want to lean into your leading value props and what makes your product uniquely not a commodity, but I understand that could be difficult depending on the s...
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Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs • 3y
When positioning your product against competitors, messaging should really focus on the key differentiators (i.e., what do you do better than competitor X?). To accomplis...
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Former VP, Product Marketing, Apollo.io • 4y
Others have said this but it bears repeating: if you product is truly undifferentiated, then marketing is your path forward. Feature/function is a losing battle in this s...
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VMware VP, Product Leader, Storage solutions • 5y
In the land undifferentiated products, the marketer is king. A commodity industry creates a great opportunity for PMMs, because product marketing can drive the go-to-mark...
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Blue Fever Cofounder, Chief Product & Strategy Officer • 5y
I am not the expert here. But as someone who has been studying brands and companies her whole life for fun I find that with companies that sell things that other companie...
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Twilio Former Director of Product Management - Pricing & Packaging, CXP | Formerly Narvar, Medallia, Helpshift, Feedzai, Reputation.com • 5y
The world does trillions of dollars of business for FMCG products every year. They are all commodities, and yet they are continuously fighting a positioning and messaging...
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