Proof-disciplined positioning for B2B teams

Your buyers don’t get it. Fix that first.

DIR UVP Sprint is a 7–10 day positioning decision sprint for B2B teams with a muddy market story, weak proof, and inconsistent sales language.

DIR stands for Day In Room: a tightly structured working-session format used to force clarity fast. No sales call is required to start. Complete the Fit Check first. If there’s a fit, you’ll get a clear next step.

This usually shows up before anyone calls it a positioning problem.

Most teams do not say, “we have a UVP problem.” They say sales is missing, buyers do not get the difference, pricing pressure keeps showing up, and the site still sounds like everyone else.

Sales calls stall in “so what?”

The pitch sounds fine internally. Buyers still do not immediately understand why it matters.

The website sounds acceptable but weak

It explains the category. It does not sharpen the choice.

Leadership tells three different stories

Founder, sales, and delivery are all describing the business differently.

Operations leads with features

The team explains the machine, the process, the platform, or the workflow instead of the buyer outcome.

Competitors sound too similar

Everything in the category starts collapsing into the same claims.

Pricing pressure shows up downstream

If buyers do not grasp the difference early, the conversation gets dragged back to price.

What DIR UVP Sprint does

This is a tight, remote, productized engagement for B2B teams that need a sharper answer to four questions: who are we really for, why do we win instead of the alternatives, what can we claim credibly, and how should sales and marketing actually talk about it?

UVP One-Pager

A cleaner articulation of audience, trigger, outcome, differentiation, and proof.

ICP Boundaries

Best-fit, non-fit, and the buyers you should stop chasing.

Alternatives Map

Competitors, status quo, substitutes, internal workarounds, and do-nothing behavior.

Claims Register

What you can say now, what needs proof, what should be softened, and what should be cut.

Sales Talk Track

A simple, usable verbal structure for sales and leadership.

Proof Backlog

The evidence you need next so the story gets stronger instead of puffier.

Most messaging work dies in a deck. This one is built to be used.

The difference is not prettier language. The difference is structure, proof discipline, and outputs that can actually be used in sales, web, and leadership conversations.

Not a brainstorm

This is a decision sprint, not an open-ended workshop with no decider and no boundary.

Not wordsmithing theater

Claims are tied to alternatives, mechanisms, and proof, not just adjectives and taste.

Not shelfware

The outputs are designed to show up in sales, web, outbound, and partner explanations immediately.

How it works

DIR means Day In Room: the sprint is built around two live working sessions. Those can happen in one concentrated day or be split across two days, depending on the client and calendar.

1

Fit Check

You answer a short guided set of questions so we can determine whether this is actually a positioning problem and whether your team is ready.

2

Input Review

If it looks promising, you submit your current homepage or pitch, competitors, customer examples, and one sales call if available.

3

Session One

ICP, alternatives, trigger moments, and where the story breaks.

4

Session Two

Claims, proof, talk track, message structure, and first objection layer. Same day or split across two days.

5

Synthesis

You get a fixed output set, not a loose recap and not a pile of workshop notes.

6

Validation Guidance

You leave with a lightweight path to pressure-test the new message in-market.

Good fit if…

  • You are a small to midsized B2B company.
  • Buyers do not quickly understand why you matter.
  • Sales, marketing, and leadership are not telling the same story.
  • You can provide real examples and make real decisions.
  • You want clarity fast, not months of drift.

Not a fit if…

  • You want a logo exercise.
  • You want copy without strategic decisions.
  • You cannot provide inputs.
  • You are unwilling to narrow the ICP.
  • You want a bespoke consulting swamp.
Launch pricing

DIR UVP Sprint

$7,500

Fixed scope. 7–10 business days. Two live working sessions, delivered in one concentrated day or split across two days if that works better for the client.

  • Two live sessions
  • Same day or split format
  • Fixed deliverables
  • Rep-free fit check
  • Remote by default

Need deeper research or activation?

That becomes a separate next-step recommendation, not hidden scope creep. The sprint is the front door. Bigger work gets scoped on purpose.

  • Research-backed positioning system
  • Voice-of-customer inputs
  • Sales enablement and adoption
  • Homepage, outbound, and testing support

FAQ

Short answers to the questions that actually slow deals down.

DIR stands for Day In Room. It refers to a structured working-session format designed to force clarity quickly. In this offer, the sprint includes two live sessions, and those can be completed in one concentrated day or split across two days if that works better for the client.
No. This is a positioning and messaging decision sprint. Brand expression can come later.
No. It gives you the message system the website copy should follow. That is more valuable than jumping straight into page writing.
No. Start with the Fit Check. If the sprint looks right, you’ll get a recommendation for the next step. A live conversation only happens if it helps move the decision forward.
That is common. The sprint helps define priority audience, fit boundaries, and where the story should stop trying to carry too much weight.
Yes, but not by smuggling it into Tier 1. The sprint is the front door. Additional work gets scoped separately.

Start the Fit Check

Not every company needs this. This short guided check helps determine whether DIR UVP Sprint is the right next move, whether the issue is actually positioning, and whether your team is ready to get value from the process.

Fit Check

This is a guided fit check, not a rep handoff. Start here. A live conversation only happens later if it actually helps.

Step 1 of 8
No-rep fit check

Question goes here

Answer directly. Precision beats performance here.

One question at a time. No transcript. No clutter.
High Fit

Thanks. This looks like a real fit.

Based on what you shared, this looks like a strong Tier 1 candidate.

Choose your next step.

Where should we send it?

Enter your work email and company website. You will get a recommendation within 1 business day if the sprint looks like a fit.

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