Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Branding for Startups & Sith Lords
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Branding for Startups and Sith Lords
Take A Walk On The Dark Side
@DaveMcClure @500Startups 500.co #LeadersParis April 2017
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WARNING:
REALLY. BAD. COLORS. AND. FONTS.
COMIC SANS BITCHES!
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Read Geoffrey Miller.Sex + Evolution + Consumer Marketing = Awesome
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More Great Shit. Psychology + Comics
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[ Start + Heart ]
Startups are about PASSION.
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NEGATIVE Emotion ExamplesFear, Anger, Sadness, Pain, Pathetic, Pariah
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POSITIVE Emotion ExamplesHumor, Sex, Power,
Daredevils, Babies & Kittens
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WTF is BRAND?
• Tell a STORY, Build a Storytelling Culture • SINGLE element: Color, Animal, Number, Word • UNIQUE Position relative to Competition • Embrace NEGATIVE/Shameful Positioning (when necessary)
• (Know When to Get Back to WORK)
Brand (def): a name, term, design, symbol that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers.
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Be Different.
• Take Risk Early. (U Have Nothing 2 Lose). • Playing it Safe = Death. • Pissing People Off is OK. (in fact, #WINNING) • Love *or* Hate = GOOD (both are STRONG signal)
• U Can’t Build Brand around INDIFFERENCE. • “Niche 2 WIN” (see blog post)
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Stand 4 SOME-thing, or Stand 4 NO-thing.
• Be ICONIC. • SINGLE word or emotion. • Don’t be afraid 2b HATED. • Don’t be afraid 2b SHAMED. • Aim for the Moon! [but land on the Roof]
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Stand 4 SOMEthing.(or stand 4 NO-thing)
CHANGE.
POWER. BEY!
PEACE.
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Tap Into Humanity
• Fear: What u run from • Sex: Who we love, lust 4 • Power: Ability 2 Control Ur World • Family: Find Ur Tribe. • Anger: Fight 4 Ur Right [2 Party]
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Be a Hero… or a Villain (pro tip: Villians have more fun :)
• Who do u LOVE, Admire, Want 2 B? • Who do u HATE, Despise, [secretly] jealous? • Whatever u are ATTRACTED to… • Just Don’t Be BORING. • Again: Indifference = Death.
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picture > words.
• 1 awesome picture. • 3 powerful words. • 30 sec music or video.
• Less is more.
note: these slides are not less.
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When It Works, Double Down.• If someone LOVES u, it’s working. • If someone HATES u, it’s working. • Once u get signal, try iteration, repetition. • Once u get repetition, try variation. • Good artists COPY; great artists STEAL…
(from themSELVES!)
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Always Be Yourself — but be your [SUPER] Self
• Start from the Heart. • Be YOUrself. Be Authentic. Be Comfortable. • But: the MOST AWESOME, PASSIONATE u. • Find a feeling or emotion u can sustain • [sometimes even weakness can be ok]