You must ask, you must get inside the heads of what people want, what people think of you and find out what's the story in their head. It's not necessarily the story of what you're about, or the story of who you are and what you do, it's what they think, it's their perception.
Strategy then comes from this external insight and evidence, not from internal opinion. Sounds complex? It's really not, it's just about understanding what people really think and care about and what you need to do about it. So how do we find your flavour?