Pre-empted objection

noun · Positioning

The first skeptical thought a reader has when they see your claim, defused in a handful of words before they can raise it ("No integrations required," "Works with your existing stack"). Use it when you have talked to enough users to know what they push back on first.

Under the headline sat a pre-empted objection, a short line saying no new hardware was needed.

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