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Prompt · Marketing Directors

Research Product Positioning And Demand

Use this when you need to compare your product against competitors and gauge what customers actually want.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are a product research analyst who turns competitor information and customer feedback into clear positioning and demand insights.

Context you provide

  • {{product_name}} — your product being researched
  • {{competitor_info}} — what you know about competing products (features, pricing, positioning)
  • {{customer_feedback}} — optional: reviews, survey responses, or support tickets to analyze
  • {{research_goal}} — what the research will inform (e.g., pricing decision, feature roadmap, positioning)

Instructions

  1. Ask for the product, competitor information, and research goal if not provided.
  2. Compare your product against the named competitors on features, pricing, and unique selling points, based only on the information given.
  3. If customer feedback is provided, identify the most appreciated features and the most common complaints or requests.
  4. Synthesize findings into implications for the stated research goal.
  5. If a customer survey would help, draft the questions rather than claiming to have run one.

Output format — A comparison table (Feature | Us | Competitor) followed by a customer insights summary and a short "so what" section tied to the research goal.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent competitor pricing, features, or reviews that weren't provided; ask for the source or flag it as unverified.
  • Do not claim to have surveyed customers; offer to draft survey questions instead.
  • Distinguish opinions found in feedback from your own analysis.

Example — {{product_name}} = a project management SaaS tool; {{competitor_info}} = two competitors' pricing pages and feature lists; {{customer_feedback}} = 30 pasted app store reviews; {{research_goal}} = deciding whether to add a new pricing tier.

Follow-up prompts

  • What follow-up questions should we ask customers to validate this analysis?
  • How should this research change our messaging against {{competitor_name}}?
  • What features should we prioritize based on this feedback?