Marketing

Customer Truth

TL;DR: Customers do not buy products. They hire solutions to make progress.

Study Order Marketing #7 Customer Truth
Why it matters

Understanding the job-to-be-done keeps you focused on real pain instead of internal assumptions.

How to use it
  • Define the job in plain English.
  • Identify the pain, trigger, and desired outcome.
  • Build messaging around progress, not features.
Real-life example

People did not hire Uber because they loved maps or cars. They hired it because getting a ride became fast, trackable, and painless.

Where people screw it up

Talking about what the product is instead of what the customer is trying to get done.

Bottom line

Customers do not buy products. They hire solutions to make progress.