No one understands

what you do.

Because you haven’t decided yet.

I help founders of complex products stop losing business to simpler competitors.
By making the positioning decisions that everything else depends on.

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Your product fits a lot of markets.
So you try to win all of them.

It feels like the safe option.

But it really isn’t

  • ... but not an expert in theirs.

    You do airlines and manufacturing and fintech? And you're asking me to trust you with a central part of my business? Unless it’s McKinsey, no one hires a generalist.

    Who orders sushi from the Chinese restaurant?

  • ... and still nothing lands.

    Third rewrite this year? And the conversion still hasn't moved?

    If it were a writing problem, you'd have cracked it by now.

  • ... nobody's choice.

    You can't build something great without knowing who it's great for. Every decision splits the difference and the product becomes the average of everyone's requests.

    Adequate is your ceiling.

  • ... because people buy the story they can repeat.

    Your champion loved the demo. Their CFO didn't get it. The deal went to someone thinner and clearer.

Here’s the thing:

If you’re for everyone, you’re for no one.

Whilst ‘narrow’ doesn't feel like success,

Positioning is sequencing.

Today isn’t forever.

NVIDIA built graphics cards for gamers.

Amazon sold books.

And Rome was once a village.

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I’m Will Murray,
a Scottish Brand Positioning Strategist in The Hague
.

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Your product is complicated. But positioning doesn't have to be.

It comes down to deciding who you sell to, what you do for them, and why they choose you. Then shaping the business around those answers.

You've been circling this for years.
With me, it takes weeks – and most of that time is mine, not yours.

I start with deep research: your market, your competitors, your customers' pain points, and how your own team already talks about what you do. We shape the direction and strategy together, with the evidence in front of us. Then I do the work that aligns the company around what you've chosen.

At the end, you have a central idea that holds up, a team pulling the same way, and the right people coming to you.

The thinking is mine. The decisions are yours.

Book a call. 20 minutes. I'll walk you through how we'd get started.

Testimonials.

Some musings.

A proper look
at your positioning.

Send me your site.

I'll come back within a week with the thing I'd change first.