Episode 30 (Halftime): What Makes You Different?

What really differentiates you as a professional or business? If all you are selling is your service, you are losing in the big picture.

There is a lot of parity in the creative services industry. Talent is at an all-time high it seems if one takes a look at places such as Dribbble, Behance or Instagram. We have to find a way to stand out fromt the crowd.

In this episode of Halftime, Adam discusses the benefits of positioning, focusing on vertical markets versus horizontal markets and gives a few pointers on how to make yourself stand out from the talented crowd by writing a positioning statement.

Mentions Include:

Dan Simon, Studio Simon

Joe Bosack & Co.

Joe Bosack's episode

Tyson Beck

Posterizes.com

Positioning for Professionals

Win Without Pitching

Teehan+Lax

Our next guest is TJ Harley, founder of Harley Creative. Before founding his own design company, TJ was a creative director at the Collegiate Licensing Company, a division of IMG, where he lead branding and creative on over 200 IMG clients.

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