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Positioning Framework.

Define the core elements of your position, so you occupy a clear, deliberate place in the customer's mind, and embed it consistently across the business.

A business that has not chosen a position is positioned by default, usually as a cheaper version of a competitor. The category, what you are, matters more than founders expect: it sets the frame customers compare you within, and the wrong frame makes you look expensive or irrelevant.

ElementYour position
For whom (the target)
What you are (category or frame of reference)
The key benefit you deliver
The reason to believe it
Worked example

For whom: small dental practices. What you are: not a consultant but a done-for-you compliance service. Key benefit: compliance handled, no evenings lost, no fines. Reason to believe: a named specialist who does only dental compliance and has never had a client fail an inspection.

Embed it everywhere (Step 5)

Your answers stay in your browser on this page and are never sent anywhere. Positioning is built by consistency over time; a position stated once and contradicted everywhere else never takes hold.

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