Right About Now with Ryan Alford
The Best of Right About Now: World class Business Advice for Entrepreneurs
25 Mar 2025
Right About Now with Ryan AlfordJoin media personality and marketing expert Ryan Alford as he dives into dynamic conversations with top entrepreneurs, marketers, and influencers. "Right About Now" brings you actionable insights on business, marketing, and personal branding, helping you stay ahead in today's fast-paced digital world. Whether it's exploring how character and charisma can make millions or unveiling the strategies behind viral success, Ryan delivers a fresh perspective with every episode. Perfect for anyone looking to elevate their business game and unlock their full potential.Resources:Right About Now NewsletterFree Podcast Monetization CourseJoin The NetworkFollow Us On InstagramSubscribe To Our Youtube ChannelVibe Science MediaSUMMARYIn this special episode, industry experts share key strategies for business success, focusing on category design, product development, company culture, and competitive advantage. Listeners will gain actionable insights into building strong brands, simplifying communication, and raising capital for new ventures.TAKEAWAYS Importance of category design in business success The "magic triangle" concept: company design, product design, and category design Clarity and honesty in communication for effective marketing Understanding customer problems and positioning products as solutions The significance of building a strong brand for long-term success Emotional connections in marketing and their impact on purchasing decisions Strategies for capital raising and understanding investor types The balance between profitability and revenue growth The role of social media in modern marketing and personal branding The necessity of planning and execution in achieving business goals If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan’s newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE. Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding. Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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If you get category right, once people see something, they can't unsee it.
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What's up, guys? Welcome to Right About Now. We're always talking about what's now. We're talking about business. We're talking about marketing. We're talking about life. What's the balance between, you know, when you think about category design and category development?
At a high level, the companies that really break through, the companies that change the future, the companies that are worth the most going forward, they really get three things right at the same time. We call it prosecute the magic triangle. And what that means is they get company design. business model, culture, distribution, all of those things. They get product design.
So do we have a truly breakthrough product that solves a unique problem in a completely differentiated way? And they get category design, right? So product, company, and category And if you get all three of those right at the right moment in time, that's how you get Airbnb. That's how you get Zoom. That's how you get, you know, pick your breakthrough company.
And, you know, based on our research, based on our experience, based on my experience of doing this for over 30 years, it really is equal parts of those three. The one addition I'd say there, Ryan, is of those three, there's one that is a single point of failure and that's category. Cause if there's no market, there's no marketing that you can get a, you can build a legendary product.
You can build a legendary company business model. Uh, but if you don't have a category, there is nobody that's going to buy it. So that's kind of problem one. Problem number two is if you look at most new, whether it's a startup or an innovative new product that is trying to pioneer an innovative new category from an existing company, the same dynamics are true.
If you get category right, once people see something, they can't unsee it.
How do you filter? I always find this fascinating. I'm the same way. I breathe in a lot of the stuff. I'm looking, observing. Like you said, you've got a lot of touch points for talking with people, building relationships. Is it a natural instinct or do you test it? How do you know how to filter what to try yourself or what you then enact or use when there's so much stuff out there?
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