Positioning with April Dunford

How To Avoid Bad Marketing and Sales


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Today I dive deep into how to avoid bad marketing and sales and why sometimes this includes actively sharing who your product isn’t for. I go into greater detail about the following:

  • Understanding that your product is only a part of your business

  • How to craft great marketing and sales

  • Why a formal positioning process impacts your sales and marketing strategy

  • The core of sales and marketing is understanding your differentiated value

  • How to build the story for your positioning 


  • If you want to skip ahead:

    (00:00) Today’s topic: how to avoid terrible marketing and sales

    (01:55) Why thinking the product is the only thing is dangerous

    (03:35) Ask yourself this question

    (07:24) How to craft great marketing and sales

    (10:37) Understand your differentiated value

    (11:05) How to craft the story for your sales team

    (17:05) Thanks for listening 

    Where To Find April Dunford:

    Podcast Website: https://www.positioning.show/ 

    Personal Website: https://www.aprildunford.com/ 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildunford/ 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aprildunford/ 

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/aprildunford

    Referenced:

    Everybody Hates Marketers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyone-hates-marketers/id1221256195 

    Production and marketing by https://penname.co/

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