Most product messaging sucks. Too often, messaging is about the product or the company and not about the customers, and because of that, your prospects say, SO WHAT! In this session, we’ll review how to build a messaging map that resonates with all of your target personas and then will review messaging from several companies, and define ways to build messaging map to fix it. Please bring some of your own examples as we’ll make this an interactive discussion working on your own challenges, helping your as a Product Manager or Product Marketing develop compelling messaging that resonates with your target markets.
3. Your Messaging Sucks
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4. Why Do So Many Messages Suck
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6. Reduce
Process
Variability
Reduced
Plant Upsets
Less Off-Spec
Product
Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Less Wear &
Tear on Plant
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Functional
Benefits
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Reduce
Transition
Time Between
Products
Shorter
Product Runs
Predictive
Models
Real-time
OptimizationFeatures
Benefits Map
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7. Reduce
Process
Variability
Reduced
Plant Upsets
Less Off-Spec
Product
Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Less Wear &
Tear on Plant
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Functional
Benefits
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Reduce
Transition
Time Between
Products
Shorter
Product Runs
Predictive
Models
Real-time
OptimizationFeatures
Benefits Map
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8. Reduce
Process
Variability
Reduced
Plant Upsets
Less Off-Spec
Product
Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Less Wear &
Tear on Plant
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Functional
Benefits
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Reduce
Transition
Time Between
Products
Shorter
Product Runs
Predictive
Models
Real-time
OptimizationFeatures
Benefits Map
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9. Reduce
Process
Variability
Reduced
Plant Upsets
Less Off-Spec
Product
Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Less Wear &
Tear on Plant
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Functional
Benefits
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Reduce
Transition
Time Between
Products
Shorter
Product Runs
Predictive
Models
Real-time
OptimizationFeatures
Benefits Map
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10. Reduce
Process
Variability
Reduced
Plant Upsets
Less Off-Spec
Product
Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Less Wear &
Tear on Plant
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Functional
Benefits
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Reduce
Transition
Time Between
Products
Shorter
Product Runs
Predictive
Models
Real-time
OptimizationFeatures
Benefits Map
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11. Benefits Map
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Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Increased
Production
Lowered
Costs of
Operations
Increased
Revenue
Sell More
Product
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Operations
Manager
Sales
Plant Manager
Greater
Customer
Satisfaction
Gain Market
Share
Faster
Delivery on
Important
Orders
Win New
Orders
Increased
Profitability
12. Benefits Map
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Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Increased
Production
Lowered
Costs of
Operations
Increased
Revenue
Sell More
Product
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Operations
Manager
Sales
Plant Manager
Greater
Customer
Satisfaction
Gain Market
Share
Faster
Delivery on
Important
Orders
Win New
Orders
Increased
Profitability
13. Benefits Map
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Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Increased
Production
Lowered
Costs of
Operations
Increased
Revenue
Sell More
Product
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Operations
Manager
Sales
Plant Manager
Greater
Customer
Satisfaction
Gain Market
Share
Faster
Delivery on
Important
Orders
Win New
Orders
Increased
Profitability
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Reduce
Process
Variability
Reduced
Plant Upsets
Less Off-Spec
Product
Less Stress,
Great Job
Satisfaction
Less Wear &
Tear on Plant
Reduced
Maintenance
Costs
Increased
Production
Lowered
Costs of
Operations
Increased
Revenue
Sell More
Product
Functional
Benefits
Plant
Operators
Maintenance
Supervisor
Operations
Manager
Sales
Plant Manager
Greater
Customer
Satisfaction
Reduce
Transition
Time Between
Products
Shorter
Product Runs
Gain Market
Share
Faster
Delivery on
Important
Orders
Win New
Orders
Increased
Profitability
Predictive
Models
Real-time
OptimizationFeatures
15. Benefits Drive Messages
• Choose the most important benefits per
persona.
• Write key messages for each persona.
• Connect features or lower order benefits to
higher order benefits using “so that”.
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16. Example Targeted Messages
• Operators – Reduces plants upsets so that
your can run the plant with less stress
• Maintenance – Reduces wear and tear on
plant equipment so that you can reduce
maintenance expenses.
• Plant Manager – Increase production at lower
cost so that you can serve more customers
and enhance plant profitability.
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