a single source, nothing corroborates it
Accept the market's fuzzy label, then earn the difference
Arguing that buyers use a word loosely burns the attention you have and makes you sound aggrieved. Take the word they already search for, then separate yourself inside it by tying the capability to an outcome they were chasing anyway, because the label alone only converts the early adopters.
The method
- 01
When the market has settled on a vague label for your category, adopt the label rather than arguing that buyers are naive, then teach them the finer distinctions that separate real from superficial implementations.
- 02
State how the buzzword-labeled capability moves the buyer's own desired outcome, because the label by itself only converts early adopters.
What it returned
He traces the food industry's path from the undefined All Natural claim to more specific labels like Organic and Free-range, plus origin stories and mission statements on packaging.
Sources
- AI is All Natural: What to Do About Ambiguous LabelsGreg Kogan · gkogan.co · 2019-04-26
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
More in copy
- Keep the personality that drives some people off7 unconnected
- Interview buyers and write the page in their sentences6 unconnected
- Re-aim one durable claim at today's worry5 unconnected
- Answer the predictable objection with a specific4 unconnected
- Say the thing only you could have said4 unconnected
- Tighten the headline until only your segment fits4 unconnected