POSITIONING FOR STARTUPS AND SCALING BRANDS

Confused customers don't buy, let's kill the confusion.

We help brands clearly define what they do, who they're for and why customers should choose them, so that every decision you make grows your memorable brand.

"Blahaus helped define what we do so clearly that it felt like a lightbulb moment. Our website is clearer, we know who we're targeting and our customers understand exactly what we do. It's a breath of fresh air."

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Sales Call Conversion
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Average Time on Site
Amelia
Founder, Rhymey
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THE PROBLEM

Are you generating confusion instead of sales?

Nobody has settled on a single answer for what you do, who you're for and why customers should choose you over the competition.
So every decision you make is guesswork, every touchpoint ends up saying something different.
Leading to confused customers who don't understand why they should buy from you, so they don't.

You've got 10 seconds to convince customers that you're the one for them.

If they see mixed messaging and a confused website, they're gone.

WHY IT MATTERS

A clear positioning is the foundation of every other brand decision.

Every decision you make gets easier when you're confident about what you do, who you're targeting and why they should pick you over the competition.

Whether you're onboarding new staff, briefing delivery partners or just writing copy. When everything you say is aligned to your common goal, creating the right memory of your brand is easy.

Everything you need to position your brand, you already know.

It's in your product, your interactions with customers and scattered all across your business.

There's no magic wand for developing a compelling positioning, there's just your deep knowledge of your business that when articulated in the right way, makes everything seem oh so clear.

Positioning is a science, with a dash of art.

The science of consumer behaviour tells us that customers are always looking for reasons not to trust you, they're quick to judge and slow to forget. So it's absolutely imperative that we keep them onside every time they interact with your business.

We use decades of knowledge (from people way smarter than us) to help underpin our positioning strategies in genuine peer-reviewed science.

It's not set and forget, and it ain't rocket surgery.

Positioning doesn't require months of research and a hefty agency retainer to dial in. It's a living, breathing goal that has to change with your product, customers and market.

Which is why we keep our sprints short and meaningful, working to deeply understand your brand and your product so we can build a positioning strategy that lines up with where you are now. Not where you were 6 months ago.
HOW WE WORK

A clear direction and deliverables you'll actually use.

No filler, no wordy reports that no one reads.

Just the stuff that helps teams, partners and customers understand your brand.

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We review your current positioning.

You
You complete an onboarding survey to provide background information about your brand so we can get a deeper understanding of what makes it tick.
Us
We review your brand's current positioning, offering, competitors and the market to form an initial "snapshot" of what your brand looks like from a customer's perspective.
Meet
We meet to discuss your current positioning snapshot, review your questionnaire and update any assumptions we may have made so we can get the clearest understanding of where you're at now.

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We develop your new strategy with you.

Us
We then develop 3 positioning options, which are potential strategic shifts in your brand's positioning, that we present via an explainer video.
You
You review the positioning options with your team and come to the second session with any questions and an idea of which option you want to pick.
Meet
Together we discuss the options, choose a direction and make any refinements to the chosen option to help us with final delivery.

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We deliver outcomes you can actually use.

Us
We complete your positioning framework, journey analysis, navigation review and wireframed copy, delivering these with an accompanying explainer video to walk you through everything.
You
You receive the rationale, framework and wireframed examples of how to apply your new strategy, allowing you to make confident, brand-aligned decisions across your business from one central point of truth.
Review
We include two rounds of copy revision if you have any bits of the wireframed copy you'd like to refine. This is provided post-delivery and is turned around within five days of receiving feedback.
SERVICES

Get clarity in weeks, not months.

Our positioning services are run as focused sprints aimed at giving you a clear understanding of where you are now, where you want to be and how to get there.

Brand
Positioning

$9,890
Delivered in 3 weeks*
Ideal for most brands, a comprehensive positioning sprint designed to give you confidence in your brand's direction and position in the market.

You'll Receive:

  • Positioning Review, Snapshot & Session (60min)

Review of website and any submitted product/brand info (e.g.: socials, emails, product demo, sales call, packaging etc.) Desktop review of listed competitors, market and ideal customer. Culminating in your current positioning snapshot from a customer's viewpoint.

  • 3x Positioning Options & Session (60min)

Possible shifts in your positioning based on the positioning review session.

  • Positioning Framework

Source of truth document outlining your strategic positioning, containing core information about your market, ideal customers and differentiation. Working as a decision support tool to ensure all decisions, assets and delivery partners stay aligned to your brand direction.

  • Messaging Alignment Table

A conversational framework that defines your core messaging for all critical aspects of your brand, including customer, market category, product/service value, proof and differentiation messaging. Used in conjunction with your Positioning Framework enabling anyone can write brand-aligned copy.

  • Comprehension Assessment

Strategic assessment of the core customer journeys through your brand's touchpoints, identification of potential areas where improvements can be made to awareness and comprehension. Delivered via annotated PDF outlining problems, recommendations and rationale for any changes.

  • Website Navigation Review

Review of your website's navigation, identifying areas of confusion, dead ends, and complicated pathways that add friction to the browsing experience.

  • Wireframed Copy

Ready to implement copy for your homepage and other areas of your website and provided touchpoints that we identify as high-impact. Copy for all touchpoints excluding your homepage are typically "short-form".

Positioning Teardown

$1,450
Delivered in 1 week*
Ideal for brands needing an outside perspective on a page and insights as to where improvements could be made. Delivered asynchronously.

You'll Receive:

  • Positioning Review

Teardown of your chosen webpage's positioning, assessed against your current market segment and ideal customer from your onboarding survey.

  • Positioning Snapshot

A view of how your brand is currently positioned from the ideal customer's perspective.

  • Comprehension Assessment

An assessment of your chosen webpage's information flow and general comprehension from a consumer behaviour perspective. Delivered as a PDF deck with identified problems, recommendations and rationale.

  • Asynchronous Process

All deliverables are provided with an accompanying explainer video walking you through everything we've done. Once we receive your completed survey and payment we get to work and deliver everything a week later*.

  • One Week of A-sync Follow-up

Get email replies to any questions you have surrounding your teardown for a week after delivery.

  • Future Work Discount

Get your full cost credited if you choose to undertake a full Brand Positioning sprint within 30 days of your Positioning Teardown being completed.

*Delivery timelines are guides, and can vary based on current workloads, unforeseen delays and your response times.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What's the difference between the Brand Positioning and the Positioning Teardown?

The Brand Positioning sprint is a comprehensive review of your brand's positioning that takes into consideration your brand landscape, product, the market, competitors and your ideal customer profile (ICP). We work with your key decision makes to uncover what makes your business valuable and your brand unique, so that we can help you develop a clear position in the market that you can use across every touchpoint and asset to continue to carve our a clear, unique position in the market that makes you memorable and attractive to potential customers.

The Positioning Teardown is a diagnostic sprint where we look closely at a specific page on your website (typically a homepage, landing page, use case or ICP page) to understand it's current positioning and level of comprehension for the ideal customer it's targeting. This sprint is aimed at helping you find misalignment in your current positioning, any potential breakdowns in understanding and an overall answer to: "is this page doing what we want it to".

Does it really only take 'x' weeks?

We've streamlined our process to include everything that makes a difference and removed anything that's just filler. As we've already said, we believe positioning is a living, breathing idea that needs to change with your product, market and customer. So we've build our sprints to meet that need.

Final delivery times do depend on our current workloads, public holidays, when we receive your survey and how quick you are to respond to any decision points. If there's a chance that we'll be delayed, we always let you know as soon as we can.

What will I receive?

All of our deliverables come as PDFs, Google docs and/or a Miro board (depending on your preference). They are accompanied by an explainer video that walks you through what's been done and outlines any next steps.

Do you interview customers?

No, we do not interview customers or conduct user surveys. The reason for this is twofold:
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- We're not experts in your field or your product, but you are, so we expect you to have a deep understanding of your customers through the general operation of your business, sales calls, surveys, reviews etc. If you're pre-rev then we would expect a deep understanding of your product and expected target markets instead.
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- It would increase our costs and timelines substantially.

Do you redesign my website?

No, typically businesses already have delivery partners (or manage these assets themselves). We deliver ready-to-implement copy on a wireframe, which is a simple sketch that outlines a very high level layout.

It doesn't include any branding, specs or styling. It's designed to give you an idea of what your new copy could look like in vitro.

I feel like I'm outgrowing my current audience, can you help?

What a great problem to have, and yes, we can help. Positioning is never "set and forget", a core step in successful growth is redefining your positioning to encompass new markets. Our positioning process works just as well for your first, second or tenth strategic brand assessment.

Do you provide ongoing services?

Yes, we provide ongoing advisory and positioning services to many of our clients. We can discuss these after your sprint.

Why is positioning important? Wouldn't I be better off spending this money on ads?

Marketing without clearly defined positioning is like trying to play darts blindfolded. Sure you might hit occasionally, but you're probably gonna miss a lot too...

By defining your position in the market clearly, you're able to better target your marketing efforts towards people who are more likely to resonate with your brand's messaging, building a familiar, trustworthy relationship, ideally resulting in them buying what you're selling.

Why should I work with you over a full-service agency?

If you need the comprehensive suite of services offered by an agency, then you shouldn't work with us. We're happy to point you in the direction of some heavy-hitters should you need it.

However, if you're specifically looking to take a granular, tailored approach to better understanding what makes your brand or product unique, who it's for and why it matters - then we might be right for each other.

Is this Conversion Rate Optimisation?

No, this is strategic brand alignment aimed at building sustainable, memorable and trustworthy businesses for the long haul.

Whilst many of the changes we make and recommend can lead to changes in your conversion rates, we don't guarantee or make any claims around increasing your conversions.

Our changes are aimed at adapting and streamlining your positioning to better suit your preferred target audience, so they resonate with what you say and what you do.

If you have the depth and breadth of data required for meaningful CRO, and feel your brand is already communicating clearly with its target market, then we recommend you go with a good CRO agency instead.