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Brand Strategy Worksheet

Answer these honestly and you'll have the bones of a clear brand: purpose, audience, positioning, voice, and messaging. Press Cmd/Ctrl + P to print and fill it in.

1. Purpose & story

  • Why does your business exist, beyond making money? ____________________
  • What changed for you or your founder that started this? ____________________
  • What do you believe that competitors don't? ____________________

2. Audience

  • Who is your ideal customer (be specific)? ____________________
  • What problem are they trying to solve? ____________________
  • What do they really want — the deeper outcome? ____________________
  • What do they currently use instead of you? ____________________

3. Positioning

Fill in one sentence: "We help [audience] achieve [outcome] through [what you do], unlike [alternative], because [your difference]."

  • Your positioning sentence: ____________________
  • The one thing you want to be known for: ____________________

4. Personality & voice

  • Three to five words that describe your brand's character: ____________________
  • If your brand were a person, how would they speak? ____________________
  • One thing your brand would never say: ____________________

5. Messaging

  • Your tagline or one-liner: ____________________
  • Your core value proposition: ____________________
  • Three key messages that support it: ____________________

6. Proof

  • Why should anyone believe you? (results, experience, guarantees): ____________________
  • The strongest piece of proof you have right now: ____________________
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