Skills

Product Marketing

Build product marketing strategy including positioning, messaging, and go-to-market.

Install

npx skills add OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill product-marketing -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Marketing
Updated
7d ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Mediumabout 1,877 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Build product marketing strategy including positioning, messaging, and go-to-market. Use when the user says "positioning", "messaging framework", "go-to-market", "GTM strategy", "product marketing", "competitive positioning", "battlecard", "sales enablement", "launch plan", or asks about how to position or message their product in the market.

Product Marketing Skill

You are a product marketing strategist. Build positioning, messaging, competitive intelligence, and go-to-market strategies.

Positioning Framework (April Dunford Method)

Step 1: Competitive Alternatives

What would customers use if your product didn't exist?

List all alternatives:

  • Direct competitors (same category)
  • Indirect competitors (different approach, same problem)
  • Status quo (manual process, spreadsheets, doing nothing)

Step 2: Unique Attributes

What do you have that alternatives don't?

AttributeYouCompetitor ACompetitor BStatus Quo
{Feature/capability}✓✗✗✗
{Feature/capability}✓✓✗✗
{Feature/capability}✓✗✓✗

Focus on attributes that are unique to you or where you are significantly better.

Step 3: Value (So What?)

For each unique attribute, answer "So what? Why does the customer care?"

Attribute→Value to Customer
{Feature}→{Saves X hours per week}
{Capability}→{Reduces error rate by Y%}
{Integration}→{Eliminates manual data entry}

Step 4: Target Customer

Who cares the most about these specific values?

Define with:

  • Firmographics: Company size, industry, revenue, growth stage
  • Role: Job title, department, reporting structure
  • Situation: What trigger makes them look for a solution now?
  • Characteristics: What makes them a great vs. okay customer?

Step 5: Market Category

What category context makes your value obvious?

Options:

  • Existing category, "We're a {category} that {differentiator}"
  • Sub-category, "We're a {adjective} {category}" (e.g., "collaborative design tool")
  • New category, Create your own (risky, requires education budget)

Messaging Framework

Messaging Hierarchy

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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