Positioning for tech companies. Author of the best-selling books Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch.

April Dunford is the world's foremost authority on product positioning for B2B technology companies. As a consultant, April helps companies make complex products easy to understand and love. After a 25-year career as a VP of Marketing at various fast-growing technology firms, she has consulted with 300 technology companies, including Google, Epic Games, Postman, and others. April is the acclaimed author of the best-selling book, "Obviously Awesome," which delves into the art of positioning, and the newly released, "Sales Pitch," which unveils the secrets to crafting a winning sales narrative in the market.

April Dunford

Can you use my positioning methodology to get yourself a date? I had a fun conversation with Brent Adamson and Shari Levitin on the Selling Isn't Everything podcast, where we talked about a bunch of things like:
♥️ Can you use my book, Obviously Awesome, to position yourself for romance (spoiler - I don't think it's a great idea, but hey, your mileage may vary!)
♥️ "Fractional CMO" is not great positioning (I mean, it's fine in the short term, but let's be honest, marketers can do better)
♥️ Why it's important to think about value and best-fit customers as a matching set
♥️ Why the "insight" step in a sales pitch is so hard to get right, but also critically important. 
This was a fun one!
Episode link in the comments

Lorenzo C.

Self-Employed

Quit my full-time job at Speero (previously CXL Agency) in Oct 2020. Spent 3 months reading a lot of books and relaxing. Finally started my own CRO consulting business in Jan 2021.

CRO, User Research and Experimentation Consultant

Speero

When there's a CRO project that Speero (previously CXL Agency) needs my help with, if I am not fully booked with my own clients, I come in and help.

CRO and Experimentation Consultant

CXL Agency

Experimentation and Growth

Convertr

Convertr helps media publishing companies save time, improve efficiencies and increase revenue by automating data cleansing, formatting and delivery to advertisers' CRMs in real time via API.

Growth

NextRoll, Inc. (formerly AdRoll Group)

Market Development

New Business Development

LC Media

Founder & CEO

payleven

Built the online and offline affiliate and referral channel from scratch.

Online Marketing

Aviatech

SEO and Online Media Specialist

SEO and Media Intern

Atlas

Sales Intern

Fotolitostar

Sales Assistant

CRO & Growth for DTC brands | ex-CXL

I wake up every day excited about growing businesses.

I have 12+ years experience in digital and tech, focusing on media buy, growth and experimentation.

Specialities (and what gets me pumped every day):

- Growing revenue and profits for DTC (including subscription based) brands using CRO, scientific experimentation and A/B testing.

- Increasing Customer LTV, decreasing Churn and improving retention.

Tools I use every day:

Analytics: Google Analytics (360), Adobe Analytics
Tag manager: GTM
A/B testing: Google Optimize, VWO, Optimizely, Adobe Target, Zoho Pagesense, Sitespect 
UX / User Testing / VOC: Hotjar, SessionCam, Usabilla, Medallia, Usability Hub, Userlytics, TryMyUI
Ecommerce CMS and apps: Shopify, Shopify+, Recharge, Smile.io, Klaviyo, Emarsys, Yotpo, Zendesk, Gorgias, JustUno, PushOwl, SMS Bump
Others: Profitwell

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