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Elliott
Rayner
Chief Marketing Officer
owow
Elliott Rayner has spent over a decade working in the sports industry, creating products for the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics while working for Adidas and ASICS. He then took the leap into the world of Tech, leading marketing teams and building strategies for brands such as Babbel and ARION. Today he is the CMO of OWOW, the award winning Product Studio that turns original ideas, into gamechanging products and impactful stories. Elliott is also the creator of Storytelling Certified, an online storytelling course published in collaboration with the Product Marketing Alliance. Learn more at www.productstorytelling.io
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16 April 2025 09:00 - 09:30
Clarity wins: Why the best narrative still beats the best product
In crowded markets, better products don’t automatically win. Clearer stories do. As AI accelerates content creation and feature parity becomes the norm, buyers are overwhelmed by companies making the same promises with the same language. “AI-powered.” “Innovative.” “End-to-end.” The result? Attention drops, differentiation disappears, and even genuinely great products struggle to stand out. In this keynote, we’ll explore why narrative clarity has become one of the most important competitive advantages in modern product marketing — and why the companies winning today aren’t necessarily those with the most features, but those with the clearest, most memorable positioning. Through real-world examples, messaging teardowns, and lessons from some of the world’s most recognizable brands, this session will unpack how great PMMs build narratives that cut through noise, align teams, shape perception, and make products easier to buy, sell, and believe in. Key takeaways: - Why buyers remember narratives long after they forget features - How AI saturation is accelerating “messaging sameness” - The difference between clear messaging and clever messaging - Why positioning is increasingly about memorability, not volume - How strong narratives create alignment across sales, product, leadership, and marketing