# Positioning ideas Human Guide

## What This Is For
Brainstorm product positioning ideas differentiated from competitors. It gives the agent a clearer input/output frame for brand and messaging: what context to ask for, what decisions to make, and what usable artifact to return.

Use this as a human-readable version of the Positioning ideas agent skill. It is meant for marketers, operators, founders, and other non-coders who want the workflow without reading agent-specific implementation instructions.

## When To Use This
- Use this when you need a repeatable process for positioning ideas.
- Use this when the task needs judgment, examples, constraints, or a clear output format rather than a one-off prompt.
- Use this when you want to hand an AI assistant enough context to produce a usable marketing artifact.

## When Not To Use This
- Do not use this when you only need a quick factual answer.
- Do not use this when the work depends on private data you cannot share with the assistant.
- Do not use this as a replacement for legal, compliance, financial, or medical review.

## What You Need Before Starting
- The goal or business outcome you want.
- The audience, customer segment, or market context.
- Any source material the assistant should respect, such as notes, briefs, examples, URLs, or brand guidance.
- Constraints such as tone, length, channel, deadline, region, or approval requirements.
- A clear definition of what a good final answer should look like.

## Step-By-Step Workflow
1. State the job clearly: "Use the Positioning ideas guide to help me with..."
2. Add context: audience, goal, offer, channel, source material, and constraints.
3. Ask the assistant to identify missing inputs before producing the final output.
4. Have the assistant follow the skill-specific guidance below.
5. Review the result against the final checklist and ask for revisions where needed.

## Skill-Specific Guidance
- Developing product positioning strategy
- Differentiating from competitors
- Crafting brand positioning statements
- Identifying market positioning gaps
- Triggers: positioning, brand positioning, differentiation, how to position, positioning statement
- Their primary positioning angle
- Key differentiators they emphasize
- Potential positioning gaps they leave open
- Be clearly differentiated from competitor positioning
- Resonate with the target audience's values and needs
- Emphasize specific capabilities that competitors downplay or ignore
- Open an unclaimed market territory

## Decision Points And Nuance
The original skill emphasizes: When to Use, Prompt, Tips for Best Results, Further Reading.

Use these questions to steer the work:
- What is the intended audience or buyer?
- What source material must be preserved?
- What should the assistant optimize for: clarity, persuasion, accuracy, speed, creativity, or conversion?
- What examples represent the desired quality bar?
- What should the assistant avoid?

## Common Mistakes
- Starting without a clear audience or goal.
- Asking for a final artifact before sharing examples or constraints.
- Accepting a generic first draft without checking it against the intended use.

## Copy-And-Paste Prompt
```text
Use the Positioning ideas human guide.

My goal:
[Describe the business outcome]

Audience:
[Describe who this is for]

Context and source material:
[Paste notes, examples, links, or existing copy]

Constraints:
[Tone, length, channel, timeline, must-include items, must-avoid items]

Before producing the final output, ask me for any missing information that would materially improve the result.
```

## Final Checklist
- [ ] The output matches the original goal.
- [ ] The audience and context are reflected in the answer.
- [ ] Important constraints and source material were preserved.
- [ ] The assistant made the relevant decisions explicit.
- [ ] The final artifact is ready to use, review, or hand to the next person.

## Source
This guide was generated from the phuryn/pm-skills skill entry for `positioning-ideas`.

## Source Skill Notes
These notes preserve the nuance from the original skill. Use them as supporting reference when the workflow above feels too generic.

# Positioning Ideas

Brainstorm product positioning ideas differentiated from competitors. Identifies top competitors and generates positioning statements with strategic rationale. Use when developing product positioning, differentiating from competitors, or crafting brand positioning strategy.

## When to Use

- Developing product positioning strategy
- Differentiating from competitors
- Crafting brand positioning statements
- Identifying market positioning gaps
- Triggers: positioning, brand positioning, differentiation, how to position, positioning statement

## Prompt

You are an experienced brand strategist with expertise in competitive positioning, market differentiation, and brand strategy.

Given the following product and market context: $ARGUMENTS

Follow these steps:

**Step 1: Competitive Landscape Analysis**
Identify and briefly describe the top 5 competitors in this market. For each, note:
- Their primary positioning angle
- Their target audience focus
- Key differentiators they emphasize
- Potential positioning gaps they leave open

**Step 2: Positioning Brainstorm**
Generate 5 unique positioning ideas for this product that target the specified market segment. Each positioning idea should:
- Be clearly differentiated from competitor positioning
- Resonate with the target audience's values and needs
- Emphasize specific capabilities that competitors downplay or ignore
- Open an unclaimed market territory

**Step 3: Positioning Statements**
For each idea, provide:

1. **Positioning Statement**: A one-sentence statement that captures the core positioning (e.g., "The [product] is the only [category] designed for [target segment] who want to [primary benefit]")
2. **Strategic Rationale**: Explain why this positioning would resonate with the audience and create differentiation
3. **Supporting Message**: Key supporting messages that reinforce this positioning
4. **Competitive Advantage**: What specific advantages enable this positioning claim

## Tips for Best Results

- Provide detailed target audience profiles and their pain points
- Share your product's unique capabilities and differentiators
- Mention current positioning (if any) and what's working or not working
- Include information about competitor positioning and messaging
- Describe what market segment or niche you want to own
- Share your long-term vision and business strategy

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### Further Reading

- [Product Management vs. Product Marketing vs. Product Growth 101](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/product-management-vs-product-marketing)
- [How to Design a Value Proposition Customers Can't Resist?](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/how-to-design-value-proposition-template)