ABSTRACT

"A powerful and urgent introduction to lean marketing and the magic of getting it right."

-- Seth Godin, author, This is Marketing

You may be familiar with the Silicon Valley expression about the iterative approach to software development, "We’re learning to fly the plane while we’re building it." If so, think of a startup—with all its moving parts, phases, and personalities—as flying a plane, while you’re building it, booking passengers, marketing the airline, interviewing co-pilots, and serving coffee. In this book, Orly Zeewy navigates the turbulence and provides a flight plan so you know when you’ve landed in the right airport.

Orly Zeewy is a brand architect who helps startups cut through the noise. She has worked with dozens of founders and entrepreneurs to uncover their brands’ DNA. In Ready, Launch, Brand: The Lean Marketing Guide for Startups you will learn how to close the marketing gaps that can slow down sales and make it harder to scale your business. Orly shares her brand process for building the right team, attracting brand evangelists, and cultivating a sustainable company culture. 

Prior to starting her brand consulting practice, Orly ran the award-winning Zeewy Design and Marketing Communications firm and directed marketing programs for national clients such as CIGNA, Kraft Foods, and Prince Tennis. She has lectured at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, taught at the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel University, and been featured in the business section of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

chapter 1|8 pages

If You Ask the Wrong Question, the Answer Doesn’t Matter

Marketing Myth #1: Marketing is just smoke and mirrors.

chapter 2|7 pages

The Nike Syndrome

Marketing Myth #2: We’ll pay for marketing when we can afford it.

chapter 3|8 pages

The Gold Standard: Word-of-Mouth

Marketing Myth #3: We don’t need marketing because all our business comes from referrals.

chapter 4|11 pages

A Rose by Any Other Name …

Marketing Myth #4: People buy our products in spite of our name.

chapter 5|10 pages

Is Your Homepage Helping Your Brand Cut Through the Noise?

Marketing Myth #5: Customers expect a website, but it’s not critical to our business.

chapter 6|10 pages

The New Age of Commerce

Marketing Myth #6: Social media is for Millennials.

chapter 7|9 pages

Is Your Story Button On?

Marketing Myth #7: Great products sell themselves.

chapter 8|7 pages

The Future Is Entrepreneurial

chapter 9|8 pages

Conclusion: Show Me the Money