Position Your Product
In Their Words,
Not Yours.
PhraseMine helps SaaS marketers find exactly how users describe their problems, compare tools, and make buying decisions -- straight from real Reddit conversations. Write landing pages, ads, and emails that mirror the language your market already uses.
No credit card required · Your first research session is free
The problem
The Positioning Trap: You Sound Like Your Competitors Because You Copy Their Homework
Every SaaS company in your category says roughly the same thing. “Save time.” “Work smarter.” “All-in-one solution.” The headlines are interchangeable. The feature lists blur together. Visitors land on your page, scan the hero, and think: “This looks like every other tool I have seen.”
This is the positioning trap. Your product genuinely solves a real problem, but your marketing describes it the way you think about it -- in product terms, in feature terms, in the language of your internal roadmap. Meanwhile, your potential customers are describing the same problem in completely different words. They are not searching for “cross-functional collaboration platform.” They are searching for “why does my team lose track of tasks every sprint.”
The data you have does not help. Surveys give you filtered answers people think you want to hear. Sales call notes capture the conclusion (“they need better reporting”) but not the language (“I spend two hours every Monday building reports in Google Sheets because our tool does not have the view my VP wants”). Product analytics tell you what users do, not why they signed up or what almost stopped them from buying.
The conversations you need are happening on Reddit. Users are comparing your tool to competitors in threads you have never seen. They are describing frustrations with their current solution in words you have never used in your marketing. They are asking for recommendations and listing exactly what matters to them -- and those criteria might not match what your landing page emphasizes.
PhraseMine finds those conversations, organizes them by theme and awareness stage, and gives you the exact language to rewrite your positioning. Not your internal language. Not your competitors’ language. Your customers’ language.
Before & after
The Old Way vs. The PhraseMine Way
The Old Way
Weeks of research
per positioning refresh
- Review competitor websites and mirror their positioning
- Run surveys that produce polished, filtered responses
- Rely on sales call notes that capture conclusions, not language
- Write landing page copy based on internal product knowledge
- A/B test headlines without knowing what words your market uses
- Reposition quarterly when conversion rates plateau
The PhraseMine Way
15 minutes
brief to customer language library
- Submit a brief about your product category and target user
- PhraseMine finds 30-70 Reddit conversations about your space
- See how users describe the problems your product solves
- Discover how they compare tools and what matters in their decision
- Every excerpt tagged by awareness stage for funnel-matched messaging
- Export language directly into landing pages, ads, and email sequences
Positioning based on competitor analysis tells you what everyone else is saying. Positioning based on customer language tells you what your market actually wants to hear. PhraseMine gives you the second kind -- in minutes.
How it works
How PhraseMine Works for SaaS Marketers
Five steps from “our landing page sounds like everyone else’s” to positioning that mirrors your market’s actual vocabulary.
Describe your product and category
Tell PhraseMine about your SaaS product, who uses it, what category it competes in, and what alternatives exist. The guided interview asks follow-up questions to build a thorough research brief -- or use Quick Mode if you already know what angles to explore.
PhraseMine finds the buying conversations
PhraseMine generates 30-70 targeted Reddit search queries across your category. A three-tier pipeline starts broad (general discussions about the problem), gets focused (specific tool comparisons and recommendations), and then drills into edge cases (niche concerns, deal-breakers, switching motivations).
Understand how your market thinks
Conversations are organized into themes: the frustrations that drive users to search for a tool, the features they compare on, the objections they raise before buying, and the outcomes they describe after switching. You see the full buying journey in their own words.
Map language to your funnel
Every excerpt is tagged by awareness stage. Use unaware and problem-aware language for blog content and top-of-funnel ads. Use solution-aware language for comparison and alternative pages. Use product-aware and most-aware language for pricing pages, retargeting ads, and trial-to-paid email sequences.
Write positioning that mirrors your market
Export organized excerpts and drop the exact phrases, concerns, and desires into your landing pages, ad copy, email sequences, and product pages. Your messaging will mirror the words your market already uses -- which means higher click-through rates, better ad relevance scores, and landing pages that make visitors feel understood.
Awareness stages
Different Funnel Stages Need Different Messages
Your homepage headline, your Google Ads, and your trial-to-paid emails all speak to different audiences. PhraseMine tags every excerpt by awareness stage so you can match your messaging to exactly where each visitor is in their buying journey.
What they say on Reddit
"Our team spends half the day switching between tools and nobody can find anything."
What messaging it powers
Blog posts and content ads that name the hidden productivity drain
Example
Blog headline: "Why Your Team Feels Busy but Nothing Ships (It's Not a People Problem)"
What they say on Reddit
"We need a better way to manage projects. Spreadsheets are killing us but I don't know what to switch to."
What messaging it powers
Problem-focused ads and landing page heroes that validate the frustration
Example
Ad copy: "Still running projects in spreadsheets? There's a reason nothing feels organized."
What they say on Reddit
"Asana vs. Monday vs. Linear -- which is best for a 20-person engineering team?"
What messaging it powers
Comparison pages and alternative pages that position your tool against specific competitors
Example
H1: "Linear vs. Asana for Engineering Teams: What 200+ Reddit Users Actually Recommend"
What they say on Reddit
"I like Linear's design but I'm worried about the learning curve for non-technical team members."
What messaging it powers
Feature pages and retargeting ads that address specific buying objections
Example
Feature section: "Non-Technical Teams Love Linear Too. Here's How We Made It Accessible."
What they say on Reddit
"We're about to sign up for Linear. Anyone have tips for migrating from Asana?"
What messaging it powers
Onboarding content, trial emails, and migration guides that remove final friction
Example
Email subject: "Switching from Asana? Here's your 10-minute migration guide."
Most SaaS landing pages use solution-aware language for everyone -- even visitors who are still problem-aware. PhraseMine helps you write stage-specific messaging for every touchpoint in your funnel.
Messaging transformation
From Product-Speak to Customer-Speak
SaaS marketing often describes the product. Customer-language marketing describes the problem. Here is what happens when you rewrite with the words your buyers actually use.
Landing Page Headline
Before (product-speak)
The Modern Project Management Platform for Growing Teams
After (customer language)
Stop losing half your day to tool-switching. One workspace for planning, tracking, and shipping.
Google Ad Copy
Before (product-speak)
Try our project management software. Free 14-day trial.
After (customer language)
Still running sprints in spreadsheets? See why 20-person engineering teams switch to Linear.
Trial-to-Paid Email
Before (product-speak)
Your trial is ending soon. Upgrade to keep using all features.
After (customer language)
You set up your first project in 8 minutes. Your team stopped asking 'where is that doc?' by day two. Ready to make it permanent?
The “after” versions convert better because they name the specific pain a real person expressed, not a generalized benefit statement. Visitors see their own situation described and immediately trust the page.
See how founders and e-commerce brands use PhraseMine for similar positioning work, or read our guide on why surveys lie and what to do instead.
Write SaaS Messaging That Sounds Like Your Customer, Not Your Product Team
PhraseMine does the voice-of-customer research in 15 minutes. You bring the product knowledge. The result is positioning that mirrors your market’s actual vocabulary -- so every landing page, ad, and email feels like it was written by someone who truly understands the buyer.
No credit card required. Your first research session is free.