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Ask IN: How to find your unique selling proposition in a crowed Saas market?

USP is essential to reach product-market fit.

We launched Joonbot, a no-code and easy-to-use chatbot builder.
Chatbot business is a very crowded market with different bot types, platforms and use cases.
I can even say, there is a "chatbot fatigue" as some people had bad experiences and heard about dozens of chatbot tools in the last past years.

We are in this market as we see our no-code product as a conversational interface you can easily and quickly set up to push and collect data in a website.
Our conversational interface replaces forms, popups, sticky navbars, FAQs and help centers (when the amount of information is reasonable).

We are talking a lot with our customers and have many happy ones, but we can't say that we have a product-market fit. It's, in part, because we don't have a clear USP.
I was wondering, do you have a practical approach/framework to find your USP?

on April 13, 2020
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    I generally craft my USPs by focusing on four points:

    • Customer: Who are your customers?
    • Pain: What are the biggest pains they have that you intend to alleviate?
    • Solution: What are you offering to them that eliminates (or reduces) their pains?
    • Offer: How much will it cost?

    Here's a rough example for a fictional real-estate SaaS startup:

    • Customer: Landlords/Rental Property Owners
    • Pain: Many landlords have to use a number of tools to source deals and analyze profitable deals.
    • Solution: A simple tool that lets landlords analyze and track their real estate deals in one place.

    Perhaps there is a particular niche you can target that would benefit from a chat bot?

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      Hey @joshmorrow, thanks for your answer!
      I target SMBs Saas companies, mostly startups.
      After reading your post, I think I should redefine the pain.
      I always talk about lead gen and customer support, because it's easier to explain. But it's not the real pain I understand.