Mental Model1 book · 4 highlights
Positioning Is a Noun Inside Their Head, Not Your Verb
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Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey A. Moore · 4 highlights
“Positioning, first and foremost, is a noun, not a verb. That is, it is best understood as an attribute associated with a company or a product, and not as the marketing contortions that people go through to set up that association.”
“Positioning exists in people’s heads, not in your words. If you want to talk intelligently about positioning, you must frame a position in words that are likely to actually exist in other people’s”
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