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Positioning and Messaging

We have all seen cases where a great product is positioned poorly and fails, or, conversely, where a poor product is positioned well and succeeds. How can you ensure you develop the positioning and messaging you need to create a successful product?

Let Crimson help you:

  • Connect viscerally with your audience, engaging them in your messaging and inciting them to action.
    Customers often care very little about features. They want to know “What’s in it for me?” Crimson can help you identify and address the pain points of your market, creating value propositions that resonate with buyers and decision makers.
  • Create multiple messages for each key audience, speaking to them with the information they need and leaving out the information they don’t.
    For each product, you may need to connect with many different levels of business and technical stakeholders to gain acceptance. Crimson can help you effectively distinguish between audience types and understand the appropriate “level” to communicate. We will help tailor your messages to communicate value to your different audiences and creating a database of market-specific messaging, reducing resource loads in your communications.
  • Hone your messages to ensure that your product sits top of mind – not your competitors.
    Using competitive message analysis and trend information, we can help distinguish your offering relative to your competition. You will be able to predict what messages will be most appealing to your customers and partners, gaining more of their mindshare and resulting in a preference for your offering.

Recent Work and Case Studies

Developed a Go-To-Market Strategy for the SMB Market

Our client had a large degree of success in enterprise markets and wanted to leverage that success into the SMB arena.

CHALLENGES

  • The client had a brand that was associated with large enterprise - not SMB
  • They needed to understand how to reposition or redefine their product line and partner strategies to appeal to SMB

SOLUTIONS

  • Crimson created a strategy to articulate priorities from a product, services, branding, marketing, and sales/channels perspective
  • The Crimson analysis evaluated best-in-class and competitor strategies and developed recommended customer segmentation
  • The deliverables prioritized strategies by segment including value propositions, partners required to provide a complete solution, and route to market/revenue requirements -- including timing and the magnitude of investment required for market entry

RESULTS

  • The client moved forward with the strategy recommendations and subsequently engaged Crimson to develop an associated operating strategy

Developed Mobile Services Messaging for Partners and Press/Analysts

Crimson's client was a major provider of mobile services and needed to communicate their value to both partners and to the press.

CHALLENGES

  • The client had a sound go-to-market strategy but was struggling to articulate their strategy clearly and in a compelling way

SOLUTIONS

  • Crimson developed content highlighting the benefits and opportunities associated with our client's mobile services
  • Crimson created a presentation for our client's partners plus two white papers -- one targeted to partners and one targeted to the press/analyst community

RESULTS

  • This content assisted our client in taking a leadership role with their partners in meeting customer needs while guiding and supporting their partners in developing service offerings

Developed Value Propositions for Software Product Launch

A leading Crimson software client was facing a critical product launch in the communications sector and needed assistance defining its messaging and value propositions.

CHALLENGES

  • The client had a good grasp of their product features, but was not creating cohesive value propositions
  • The messages needed to appeal to a vertical market and span several categories of buyers

SOLUTIONS

  • Crimson translated the product features into value propositions that would appeal to the communications sector
  • In order to facilitate the process, we defined deployment scenarios emphasizing our client's product to customers within the communications vertical
  • Crimson developed a content and communications plan to facilitate the launch

RESULTS

  • Crimson created internal-facing documents to articulate the messaging and ensure a cohesive story emerged
  • The product launched successfully and demonstrated a higher level of initial customer response than previous similar launches

For more information on Crimson, please email info@crimson-consulting.com.

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