In most markets, customers don’t compare dozens of options.
They narrow the field quickly - often unconsciously - and then choose from a very small set.
Positioning is what determines whether your brand enters that set or is filtered out before the conversation even starts.
Becoming the obvious choi...
Most marketing advice assumes that people make rational decisions:
see a problem
search for solutions
compare options
choose the best one
But this model rarely exists in real life.
Companies - and the people inside them - decide in ways that are far more emotional, social and contextual th...