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The laws of agency positioning.

Short, chart-first essays from years inside technical agencies. The same recurring mistakes — and the small ideas that fix them.

Positioning

The Leverage Curve

Positioning isn't a marketing layer. It's the leverage underneath every other one.

OUTPUTTIME / EFFORT →Generic positioningSharp positioningSame effort. Different ceiling.
The Law — Same effort. Different ceiling.

Pricing

The Substitution Law

You don't set your rate. Your substitutability does.

PRICING POWER← MORE SUBSTITUTABLE LESS SUBSTITUTABLE →SpecialistHard to replaceMulti-serviceNow you're 1 of 10GeneralistSold on price
The Law — Pricing power is inverse to how easily you can be replaced.

Services

The Credibility Curve

Every additional service is a small subtraction.

PERCEIVED DEPTHNUMBER OF SERVICES OFFERED →1001 service802 services603 services424 services285 services186+Every "and" subtracts.
The Law — Buyers don't read your services list as added value. They read it as missing focus.

Distribution

The LinkedIn Inversion

On LinkedIn, the bottom of the funnel isn't the engine — it's a valve.

AGENCY DEFAULTgeneric + cold demos20%awareness80%demo adsfew · high CACTHE INVERSIONManufacturewarmth first.POSITIONED WAYalways-on authority75%awareness + content25%conversionmore · lower CAC
The Law — Top-of-funnel runs continuously. Bottom only opens when there's capacity to close.

Execution

The 3AM Bottleneck

Founders do marketing in the worst hours of the day. The constraint is time, not strategy.

DAY ↓ · HOUR →67891011121314151617181920212223MTWTFSSFounder marketing happens here — late, exhausted, off-peak
The Law — More strategy doesn't fix an empty calendar. A different operating model does.
§ Closing

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