2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
A two-week crash course where founders, marketers, and innovators learn how to build a brand that people will want to root for in 2023.
2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
A two-week crash course where founders, marketers, and innovators learn how to build a brand that people will want to root for in 2023.
Course overview
The days of lofty brand messages that don’t live up to their promise are over.
Define your company's purpose, position, and personality to build trust in an increasingly skeptical world.
Get clarity on what you do, why you do it, and articulate why anyone should care.
01
You’re part of a founding team looking to better position your product or service.
02
You’re a product or growth marketer who wants to add brand strategy to your skillset.
03
You work in venturing or innovation and you want to master product-market fit from a consumer perspective.
Your brand is your company's north star — craft one that you can live up to and will make people want to root for you.
Ask yourself, "who will love you most?" You can't be everything to everyone, so be something great to someone specific.
Companies worry too much about their competition and not enough about the old way of doing things, which is usually what loses when you win.
Clarify your position in your customer's minds, or they'll do it for you — and not necessarily in a way you'll like.
Brand Strategy for Innovation
Brittany Hawkins
Gareth Jones
Drew McChesney
Catherine Hendy
Micah Rondot
Simon Ford
Fractional CMO | ex: Financial Times Group, NBCUniversal
Kelli picked up brand marketing at NBCUniversal, where she spent the early part of her career developing media campaigns for some of the biggest companies in the world. She went on to craft foundational messaging for >70 companies at Mightily, a creative agency she helped co-found and grow to 40 employees with billables in the millions in under five years. As a corporate VP of Marketing at Atria, she led a team of 50 people to create award-winning work while launching three new products to market.
Since then she’s worked at the Financial Times with companies including Facebook and WeWork on their campaign messaging. Now, for the first time, she’s turning the brand strategy work she does through her consulting practice into a cohort-based course. Kelli studied creative writing and philosophy and is more interested in what moves people than omni-channel journey mapping.
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What's a brand?
Most people think branding is about adding decoration to your product to make it attractive. It’s actually just one simple thing: the truth. We’ll break down what we mean when we talk about “branding” — both what it is and what it’s not — and get clear on why it’s one of the most important things you can do for the success of your business.
02
Purpose
Stop ruminating on wordy mission, vision, and value statements. You only need to know one thing — your purpose. By using a proven framework, we’ll establish a north star that your company and customers can rally around. You’ll be able to easily articulate why you exist and why anyone should care.
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Position
If you don’t know what space you want to occupy in your customer’s minds, you’ll lose to brands that do. The best companies define their position early and win their category. We’ll discover your true target audience using the concentric circle model, and map a plan for the next 18 months.
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Personality
Branding is just a thought exercise — unless it actually comes to life the moment someone interacts with your product. Define your brand’s personality and translate it into launch-ready assets.
5:00pm-5:30pm GMT | Monday
The first Monday. Meet your instructor and other students virtually!
500pm-7:00pm GMT | Tuesdays & Thursdays
Workshops are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:00pm to 7:00pm GMT (12:00pm to 2:00pm EST) to allow for people from as many timezones as possible to attend.
5:00pm-7:00pm GMT | Wednesday
Optional office hours. Book time to ask questions or get specific feedback from Kelli. Takes place both Wednesdays the course is in session.
2-4 hours per week
Refine your work with feedback from your instructor and fellow students in your own time.
5:00pm-5:30pm GMT | Friday
Wrap up on the final Friday and celebrate!
Active learning, not passive watching
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you