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Positioning with April Dunford

How To Avoid Bad Marketing and Sales

Aug 24, 2023
Learn how to avoid bad marketing and sales by understanding that your product is only a part of your business. Discover the importance of a formal positioning process and crafting a great marketing and sales strategy. Understand the core of sales and marketing, which is knowing your differentiated value. Find out how to build a compelling story for your positioning and sales team.
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Quick takeaways

  • Great products alone are not enough for success; effective marketing and sales play a vital role in attracting customers and helping them understand product value.
  • Approaching marketing and sales with honesty, helpfulness, and confidence, while understanding and articulating the unique value proposition of a product through a formal positioning process, can foster positive perceptions and help customers make informed decisions.

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The importance of truthful marketing and sales

The podcast highlights the negative perception of marketers and salespeople due to dishonesty and self-centeredness. Lying to customers and prioritizing closing deals without considering their needs reflects bad marketing and sales practices. To avoid this, companies should focus on providing truthful information about their products and genuinely caring about customer satisfaction.

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