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Lenny’s Newsletter♥ 198

Positioning

Jan 26, 2021 · 18 min
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April Dunford gives a practical guide to product positioning, using a story about a mispositioned database product to show how context shapes customer assumptions. She argues positioning should be built by starting from…

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April Dunford on product positioning, segmentation, and optimizing your sales process

April Dunford · Jun 9, 2022
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  • Weak positioning shows up across the funnel: confused prospects, sluggish middle-of-pipeline deals, and churn after the sale, so…
  • Start positioning by identifying competitive alternatives, including the status quo, since roughly 40% of B2B deals are lost to…
  • Turn a list of differentiated capabilities into customer value, then group them into two or three value themes that only you can…
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A guide to advanced B2B positioning

Mar 10, 2026 · 15 min
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Lenny's paid guest post by April Dunford, a positioning expert who has worked with 300+ B2B companies, covers four advanced roadblocks that derail positioning work. It argues that disagreement over competitors, product…

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How to build a killer sales pitch

Oct 17, 2023 · 17 min
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April Dunford argues that B2B buyers often choose "no decision" because purchases feel high-stakes and confusing, making indecision the real competitor. She proposes a two-part sales pitch: a setup that teaches the…