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Product Positioning and the Roommates

“Hi I am Noah what’s your name”

“Oh Hey I am Jennifer, are you from around here?”

“Yea, I grew up in the Bay Area”

“really, where?”

“Oh in cupertino”

“Nice, are you renting or do you have roommates”

“yea 3 of us live in a house”

“very cool, blah blah blah”

and the conversation continues and I score! Sounds like a great thing. What if I told you those 2 other roommates are my parents? Different story huh? Product positioning is how you explain the story to the users and the people you want using your product.

noah's parents

What’s your story? And yes, those are my parents:)

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4 Responses to “Product Positioning and the Roommates”

  • Wen
    February 28th, 2006
    6:40 pm

    Case in point - about me and my roommate:

    “They now share an apartment, along with a third roommate, in the upscale Pacific Heights section of San Francisco. Scattered about the living room and bedrooms are the indispensable totems of modern technological privilege: I.B.M. laptops, pink iPods, multiple flat-screen televisions and Ms. Cichelli’s Treo 650, a combination cellphone and palmtop.”

    I’m sorry, upscale Pacific Heights, multiple flat-screen T.V.’s… and computers and ipods SCATTERED all around our living room… we sound like spoiled brats…

  • Joe
    February 28th, 2006
    6:54 pm

    via aim:
    “i have my own website.”
    “cool.”
    “yeah, in fact it’s part of a writer’s group that’s known for having hot chicks.”
    “no way? you’re one of noah’s girls?”
    “yup.”
    i score.
    (theoretically)

    when in fact i’m the girl with the “nice personality.” hey, being linked to greatness…isn’t that what the show Entourage is all about? =)


  • [...] Example #2: From Okdork.com: “Hi I am Noah what’s your nameâ€? “Oh Hey I am Jennifer, are you from around here?â€? “Yea, I grew up in the Bay Areaâ€? “really, where?â€? “Oh in cupertinoâ€? “Nice, are you renting or do you have roommatesâ€? “yea 3 of us live in a houseâ€? “very cool, blah blah blahâ€? and the conversation continues and I score! Sounds like a great thing. What if I told you those 2 other roommates are my parents? Different story huh? Product positioning is how you explain the story to the users and the people you want using your product. [...]

  • Charles Tran
    February 28th, 2006
    10:18 pm

    keep these tips coming!

    ps: thanks andrew for the pingback, your post helped clarified noah’s.

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