What makes a great brand? After working at Google and Square, Arielle Jackson has spent the past eight years consulting startups on how to create powerful messaging that works. In this jam-packed episode, she shares how to pick a winning name for your company, create a brand purpose that excites your team and customers, and position your company and its products for success. You don’t want to miss this one!
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Find the full transcript here: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-art-of-building-legendary-brands
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Where to find Arielle Jackson:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/hiiamarielle
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariellerjackson/
• Course: https://maven.com/arielle/startupbrandstrategy
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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/
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Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:
• Flatfile: https://www.flatfile.com/lenny
• Unit: https://unit.co/lenny
• Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lenny
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Referenced:
• Positioning Your Startup Is Vital—Here’s How to Nail It: https://review.firstround.com/Positioning-Your-Startup-is-Vital-Heres-How-to-Do-It-Right
• Three Moves Every Startup Founder Must Make to Build a Brand That Matters: https://review.firstround.com/three-moves-every-startup-founder-must-make-to-build-a-brand-that-matters
• What I Learned from Developing Branding for Airbnb, Dropbox, and Thumbtack: https://review.firstround.com/what-i-learned-from-developing-branding-for-airbnb-dropbox-and-thumbtack
• Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Positioning-Battle-Your-Al-Ries/dp/0071373586
• Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life: https://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Curious-Science-Creating-Business/dp/006238841X
• The Vanishing Half: https://britbennett.com/the-vanishing-half
• The Mothers: https://britbennett.com/the-mothers
• Nik Sharma’s weekly newsletter: https://www.nik.co/subscribe
• How I Built This: https://www.npr.org/series/490248027/how-i-built-this
• In Depth: https://review.firstround.com/podcast
• Unseen Unknown: https://unseen-unknown.simplecast.com/
• Luca: https://movies.disney.com/luca
• Encanto: https://movies.disney.com/encanto
• Old Enough!: https://www.netflix.com/title/81506279
• The Sociology of Business with Ana Andjelic: https://andjelicaaa.substack.com
• David Ogilvy: https://www.oneclub.org/hall-of-fame/-bio/david-ogilvy
• Rory Sutherland: https://twitter.com/rorysutherland
• Seth Godin: https://seths.blog/
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In this episode, we cover:
[04:04] From making jewelry as a side hustle to launching products for Square: Arielle’s background[12:32] What makes a good name for a product or a startup[19:17] How to come up with a great name[24:59] How to run a naming brainstorm for the best results[31:09] Bad names and naming mistakes[34:17] Arielle’s brand development framework and when founders should implement it[36:02] How do you know when brand development is completed?[41:17] How long should branding take?[42:42] How to build a brand purpose that ignites excitement[48:51] Specific tactics for building your brand purpose[51:12] How to master your positioning[55:22] Why it’s important to stay niche when you’re mastering your positioning[59:15] The process of positioning and Arielle’s bar test[1:02:38] How to build a brand personality using the five big brand descriptions[1:07:39] Where to put brand and product positioning documents so they’ll actually get used[1:09:14] How startups can get PR[1:14:49] When should you hire a marketer?—Production and marketing: https://penname.co/
Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe
What makes a great brand? After working at Google and Square, Arielle Jackson has spent the past eight years consulting startups on how to create powerful messaging that works. In this jam-packed episode, she shares how to pick a winning name for your company, create a brand purpose that excites your team and customers, and position your company and its products for success. You don’t want to miss this one!
—
Find the full transcript here: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-art-of-building-legendary-brands
—
Where to find Arielle Jackson:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/hiiamarielle
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariellerjackson/
• Course: https://maven.com/arielle/startupbrandstrategy
—
Where to find Lenny:
• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/
—
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:
• Flatfile: https://www.flatfile.com/lenny
• Unit: https://unit.co/lenny
• Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lenny
—
Referenced:
• Positioning Your Startup Is Vital—Here’s How to Nail It: https://review.firstround.com/Positioning-Your-Startup-is-Vital-Heres-How-to-Do-It-Right
• Three Moves Every Startup Founder Must Make to Build a Brand That Matters: https://review.firstround.com/three-moves-every-startup-founder-must-make-to-build-a-brand-that-matters
• What I Learned from Developing Branding for Airbnb, Dropbox, and Thumbtack: https://review.firstround.com/what-i-learned-from-developing-branding-for-airbnb-dropbox-and-thumbtack
• Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Positioning-Battle-Your-Al-Ries/dp/0071373586
• Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life: https://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Curious-Science-Creating-Business/dp/006238841X
• The Vanishing Half: https://britbennett.com/the-vanishing-half
• The Mothers: https://britbennett.com/the-mothers
• Nik Sharma’s weekly newsletter: https://www.nik.co/subscribe
• How I Built This: https://www.npr.org/series/490248027/how-i-built-this
• In Depth: https://review.firstround.com/podcast
• Unseen Unknown: https://unseen-unknown.simplecast.com/
• Luca: https://movies.disney.com/luca
• Encanto: https://movies.disney.com/encanto
• Old Enough!: https://www.netflix.com/title/81506279
• The Sociology of Business with Ana Andjelic: https://andjelicaaa.substack.com
• David Ogilvy: https://www.oneclub.org/hall-of-fame/-bio/david-ogilvy
• Rory Sutherland: https://twitter.com/rorysutherland
• Seth Godin: https://seths.blog/
—
In this episode, we cover:
[04:04] From making jewelry as a side hustle to launching products for Square: Arielle’s background[12:32] What makes a good name for a product or a startup[19:17] How to come up with a great name[24:59] How to run a naming brainstorm for the best results[31:09] Bad names and naming mistakes[34:17] Arielle’s brand development framework and when founders should implement it[36:02] How do you know when brand development is completed?[41:17] How long should branding take?[42:42] How to build a brand purpose that ignites excitement[48:51] Specific tactics for building your brand purpose[51:12] How to master your positioning[55:22] Why it’s important to stay niche when you’re mastering your positioning[59:15] The process of positioning and Arielle’s bar test[1:02:38] How to build a brand personality using the five big brand descriptions[1:07:39] Where to put brand and product positioning documents so they’ll actually get used[1:09:14] How startups can get PR[1:14:49] When should you hire a marketer?—Production and marketing: https://penname.co/
Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe
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