Launch Powerful Product Messaging

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10 Days

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Cohort-based Course

Create product messaging that attracts prospects, generates leads, and closes sales.

Previously at

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Intuit
Thumbtack
Handshake
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Course overview

Launch product messaging that fuels pipeline and sales

Your startup needs high-converting product messaging to generate leads, close sales, and get traction. But how do you craft messaging that actually resonates?


Tech startup leaders often start by describing their product's features and technical specs. But prospects often don't see the value of your product or why it's better than other solutions. The messaging falls flat, and sales stall. Signs you need new messaging:

❌ Your ideal customers don't get why your product is right for them and ignore sales outreach

❌ You've launched to a new customer segment, but your product doesn't stand out in the new market

❌ You've built useful new product features, but customers aren't using or noticing them


The remedy? This two-week course is your blueprint for messaging success. Allyson will guide you to create compelling product messaging that will align every marketing touchpoint and power customer growth.


Learn from Allyson Letteri, a marketing executive who's led marketing at two startups on their path from Series C to unicorn (Handshake and Thumbtack), plus product marketing at Intuit. Allyson now advises hundreds of tech startups on how to launch effective messaging and GTM strategies. She also wrote an award-winning book on creating effective messaging and content, Standout Startup.


This course guides you step-by-step to build and launch strong messaging. Here's the plan:


WEEK 1: Define the 3 Ps for Powerful Product Messaging

First, you need to understand your buyer, competitors, and what makes your product stand out. You'll define your 3 Ps:

👩🏻‍🦱 Persona: Identify your ideal customer and what they really want from your product.

🎯 Positioning: Articulate what makes your product different and better than the competition.

⭐️ Personality: Develop a unique brand voice that builds trust and loyalty.

You'll use AI to distill insights from internal interviews, competitive research, and more to speed up the process. Now you're ready to develop messaging.


WEEK 2: Craft a Product Messaging that Converts

Now, turn insights into action. Build a messaging framework that you can use as a wireframe for your homepage and sales deck, including:

✅ USP: Craft a headline statement about what your product is, who it's for, and the transformation it delivers.

Value Propositions: Highlight the top three differentiated benefits that make your product a. must-have.

Proof Points: Showcase features, testimonials, and data that prove your delivers.


This isn’t theory. It’s a hands-on, interactive course that guides you through a clear project plan and workbook packed with templates to craft effective messaging. By the end of this course, you can refresh your homepage, sales deck, and other key marketing touchpoints. Plus, you’ll learn a repeatable process to refresh your messaging anytime your product, customers, or competition changes.


🚀 Ready to power up your product messaging? Let’s get started.

Who is this course for

01

B2B startup leaders who need effective messaging to launch their new product and generate initial sales.

02

Marketing managers who want to build skills and learn a smart process to create effective messaging for acquisition and launches.

03

PMs and engineers who want to need to the tools to develop positioning and value propositions for their products.

What you’ll get out of this course

Define your 3 Ps: persona, positioning, and personality

Identify exactly who you need to influence with your messages. Understand what they value, what makes your product different and better, and what personality builds affinity. All of these insights shape effective messaging.

Create powerful messaging: USP, value props, and proof points

Create a messaging framework that builds trust and generates sales. Clarify what your product is, who it's for, and the results it drives. Then explain the top benefits of using your product and showcase proof points that build credibility.

Launch effective messaging: homepage, sales deck, and content

Your new messaging framework doubles as a wireframe for a high-converting homepage and sales deck outline. Learn how to launch your new messages across marketing collateral to increase lead generation and sales.

Build strategic confidence: align your team and touchpoints

In this course you'll learn a repeatable process to create effective messages anytime your market shifts. You'll also get the tools to align your entire team on your best messages, so they can ensure all touchpoints are primed to convert!

This course includes

4 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

11 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Feb 4—Feb 9

    Feb

    4

    Day 1: Define Your 3 Ps

    Tue 2/45:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)

    Templates: Define Your 3 Ps

    6 items

    Feb

    6

    Day 2: [Q&A] Define Your 3 Ps

    Thu 2/65:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

Week 2

Feb 10—Feb 13

    Feb

    11

    Day 3: Create Powerful Messaging

    Tue 2/115:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)

    📄 Templates: Create Powerful Messaging

    5 items

    Feb

    13

    Day 4: [Q&A] Create Powerful Messaging

    Thu 2/135:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

Tech Leader Testimonials

        Thanks so much for leading this course. I found it incredibly valuable and plan to share the workbook and lessons with my team. I know they'll find it helpful as well.
Head of GTM

Head of GTM

Online learning platform (Series F)
        The messaging you helped us develop and our new case studies are the reason prospects agree to meet with us. That's building our pipeline, it works. Thank you!
Co-founder and CEO

Co-founder and CEO

AI logistics platform (Seed stage)
        Your course on messaging was amazing. Our product has grown tremendously over the last few years, but our positioning and product marketing is not as sharp as it could be. Now we have the answers.
Chief Business Officer

Chief Business Officer

Vertical SMB SaaS (Series C)
        Thank you for a great session! I already completed the entire workbook and found a lot of value doing so. It really helped me to distill the ideas I have in mind.
Co-Founder and CTO

Co-Founder and CTO

HR services SaaS (Seed stage)
        Thank you SO much for joining us! You were amazing and truly provided such actionable insights for the founders in attendance. This was one of my favorite sessions we've done!
GTM platform services

GTM platform services

Pear VC
        The workbook and workshop gave me lots of insights and inspiration. key takeaway: know who you're selling to! Not only on a role basis, but what they're thinking and why they care emotionally.
Head of Marketing

Head of Marketing

Developer platform (Series A)

Meet your instructor

Allyson Letteri

Allyson Letteri

Marketing leader, tech startup advisor, and author of "Standout Startup"

Allyson Letteri is a marketing executive who’s built and led marketing teams at fast-growing tech companies in Silicon Valley (Intuit, Thumbtack, and Handshake). Her expertise spans product marketing, growth marketing, brand strategy, and content marketing across B2C and B2B companies.


Now Allyson advises tech startup leaders so they can implement high-impact marketing strategies that drive revenue and user growth. She's also the author of Standout Startup, an award-winning book that shows how to create messaging and content that fuel growth.


Allyson's guidance is strategic and tactical. We'll work quickly without sacrificing quality, so you can launch ASAP.

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Launch Powerful Product Messaging

Cohort 1

$995

Dates

Feb 4—13, 2025

Payment Deadline

Feb 3, 2025
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Course schedule

4-6 hours per week

  • Day 1: Define Your 3 Ps

    Tues, Feb 4 @ 9:00-10:30am PT

    Capture the exact insights you need to create powerful messaging in the course's templates on: (1) Personas (2) Positioning (3) Personality.

  • Day 2: [Q&A] Define Your 3 Ps

    Thurs, Feb 6 @ 9:00-10:00am PT

    Join the Q&A to get your questions answered and learn from other leaders as you define your 3 Ps.

  • Day 3: Craft Powerful Messaging

    Tues, Feb 11 @ 9:00-10:30am PT

    Build a messaging framework that attracts and converts your ideal customers, including: (1) USP (2) Value Propositions (3) Proof Points.

  • Day 4: [Q&A] Craft Effective Messaging

    Thurs, Feb 13 @ 9:00-10:00am PT

    Join the Q&A to get your questions answered and learn from other leaders as you refine your messaging.

Free resource

5 Signs You Need a Messaging Refresh

Is your product messaging attracting the right customers and driving sales? Or is it taking conversion? Learn five signs that your messaging may be slowing growth. Then follow practical tips to improve conversion, fast!

Get this free guide

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Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with startup leaders as you develop your messaging

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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Join an upcoming cohort

Launch Powerful Product Messaging

Cohort 1

$995

Dates

Feb 4—13, 2025

Payment Deadline

Feb 3, 2025
Get reimbursed

$995

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