Are you shaving your face or buying a small car?


Picture this:

You're standing in the aisle of the drug store.

And you're staring at a wall of shiny razors that costs 2x as much as your monthly Netflix subscription.

You think:

"WTF am I shaving my face or buying a small car?"

Gillette cornered the market so much...

...They grabbed you by your ankles. Turned you upside and down. And shook the change out of your pockets like a school bully. $30 later you only have an overpriced piece of plastic with some metal strips to show for it.

WAIT...

It gets better (and by better, I mean worse):

  • You've got options A and B: Expensive and Holy-Shyt-That's-Expensive.
  • Every time you need new blades. You feel like you're getting mugged by a dude in a suit.
  • You're stuck in this cycle of buying overpriced crap that's about as innovative as a pet rock.
  • It's like Groundhog Day, but instead of Bill Murray, it's just you. Getting screwed over and over again.
  • The big boys are so comfortable in their monopoly. They're using hundred-dollar bills as toilet paper. And they're laughing at your five o'clock shadow.

Newsflash...

This isn't you.

It's Jeff Raider and Andy Katz-Mayfield the founders of Harry's Razors. And Harry's came into the razor industry with his startup like a wrecking ball right?

Nope.

Harry's razors looked like a joke at first. How could a $1 razor be as quality as a $30 razor? No one paid. Also Gillette and Schick dominated 84% of the US market.

How did Harry's survive?

Simple.

Story positioning.

This was a modern David and Goliath story. And Harry's advertised it like a boss. Harry's ran ads that showed Gillette and Schick were "Goliath's" azzholes. They were jacking up razor prices.

Harry's is the underdog fighting "Big Razor" (their term for Gillette). This made one of the most powerful brand stories of all time.

The result?

A 1.7 billion dollar evaluation. And absolute market disruption.

What else?

I used this story positioning trick to dominate my niche online. Heck, Kieran Drew is flipping the middle finger to all the writers he had to compete with.

Story positioning is 1 of 45 things I'll teach you in the Digital Storytelling Masterclass.

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Catch ya soon,

-Parker

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