This creates buy-in and alignment on why this is important from day 1.
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How to build a brand strategy from 0-1: a guide for startups
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This creates buy-in and alignment on why this is important from day 1.
Brand strategy is WHY you will win.
Marketing plan is HOW: levers you will pull to hit your goals.
Do tear downs.
Understand leading value props.
Interview users of your competition to understand what’s working, what’s not.
Know who the players are and where they play vs where you will play.
Complete this sentence
We are the only brand that does x, y and/ or z.
Are you better, faster, cheaper? What makes you different and how would you say that efficiently.
Data helps. If you already have a product, know who is already a purchaser and why.
Otherwise, create user personas of ideal customers.
Have fun! How do they get news? What social accounts do they follow? What shows are they watching?
A brand pyramid helps you to think about the core essence / brand sentiment.
How do you want to make someone feel.
Create your voice & tone of your brand
Use statements like: We are this, not this
Ex: we are bold, not judgemental
Ex: we are funny, not crass
Pull together examples of social captions, welcome email and product copy for North Star.
Pull inspirational photos to guide a designer to create 3 mood boards for your brand to react to. Use the brand pyramid to guide you.
Refine and get to your MVP quickly. Don’t obsess over every pixel in the beginning.
A brand is a living thing. Just like a human it learns and grows as new pieces of information from customers, product and market.
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