Blue Sky and Bullet Points

by Mike O’Toole and Hugh Kennedy Between Blue Sky and Bullet Points FIVE STEPS TO FINDING THE POSITIONING SWEET SPOT
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[object Object],The natural instinct for B2B marketers is to sound like everyone else.  This means that positioning statements, and the marketing communications and sales decks they drive, sound eerily similar.  Try following these five steps.
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From Positioning Claim to Theme Line
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