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Think Like a Martian

The value of a fresh perspective

All of the recent news around the NASA’s New Horizons mission and Pluto has me thinking of… Martians.

Let me explain.

How would you approach a solution marketing problem if you were a Martian, complete with a fresh perspective and unencumbered with what earthlings already knew?

A fresh perspective

The father of Nobel physicist Richard Feynman (1918-1988) employed this mode of thinking with his son, asking, “Supposing we were Martians, and we came down from Mars to this Earth, and we would look at it from the outside.” In other words, Feynman was encouraged to consider ”a way of looking at something anew, as if you were seeing it for the first time.”

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Build a Winning Solution Marketing Strategy – ProductCamp Boston

– By Steve Robins

Practical Advice on Building a Solution Marketing Strategy

Session abstract: What is solution marketing strategy and how does it differ from product marketing strategy? Solutions go beyond product to solve business problems. During this session, you’ll learn how to assemble a compelling solution marketing strategy. We’ll look at segmentation, personas, competition, solution portfolios, the solution maturity model, and marketing strategies.

Thanks to everyone that attended the ProductCamp Boston session, Building a Winning Solution Marketing Strategy. Following is additional information. Continue reading →

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The Solution Leader? You Betcha!

– By Steve Robins

Solution Leadership Has Its Privileges

Let’s call it a leadership statement. You know, the boilerplate that shows up on home pages, at the bottom of press releases, and just about everywhere else a company hawks, er, promotes its wares: We are the leading provider of widget solutions. We….

Just for kicks, search for “the leading provider of” on Google. It seems like every solution marketer wants to claim leadership in their space. But is it possible?

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Think Like Your Customer

The Key To Solution Marketing: Understand the Customer

By: Steve Robins

I came across a great blog post, How to Use the Secret Desires of Your Customers on Michael Martine’s Remarkablogger. While the post is about blogging, it also applies to solution marketing. Continue reading →

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Elements of a Great Solution Demo

By: Steve Robins

The Solution Demo Series, Part III

This is the third part of the Solution Demo Series. Check back for additional posts (see end of post for complete list). Also, be sure to check out the last post, Strategizing The Solution Demo.

Now that you understand your audience, the business problem being addressed, and the goals of you and your audience, you can begin to build and deliver the actual demo. Following are several tips, based on my own experience and that of experts like Peter Cohan, that will help you to develop and deliver great demos.

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