How do I write the one line that says what category we are in?
Write it as a comparison, not a description. The formula that works is simple: who it is for, what kind of thing it is, and why it beats the alternative that person is using today. Say the category noun out loud (billing platform, testing platform, help desk) so nobody has to guess, then earn the right to a qualifier in front of it. If your line could sit on a competitor's homepage without anyone noticing, it is not positioning, it is decoration.
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Kramer's four product types (vertical solution, new way, 10x better, buy versus build) tell you what you are positioning against before you write a word. She is also blunt that most positioning docs are research with no answer at the end.
Their public teardowns and positioning strategies are the fastest way to see the same product framed four or five different ways. Steal the framing patterns even if you never buy the sprint.
Pierri has done this on hundreds of early stage homepages, so the advice is unusually concrete: say when someone would use the product, not just the outcome. Good antidote to abstract category language.
The clearest short explanation of why market category is one of five interdependent positioning pieces, with a real repositioning story attached. It is also where Dunford makes the case that most companies should not invent a category.
A positioning specialist taking questions from Indian SaaS founders specifically, so the examples are companies you know. Pairs well with the Exit Five episode if you want the same ideas applied closer to home.
