How startups should approach product messaging
🚀 By getting the strategic message aligned FIRST.
Too often startup teams rush right into creating their GTM assets…
😱 Before they have mapped out what they are trying to say.
This leads to:
❌ bloated & broad messaging
❌ bad narrative structure
❌ poor GTM asset performance
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🔮🔮🔮 Enter the Product Marketing Canvas
We use it to structure core messages for early stage startups
It’s power is:
✅ dialing in the target audience
✅ finding the right level of the problem
✅ highlighting ONLY the main capabilities
The result?
🎯 A lean and targeted product message ready for copywriting.
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The example shown is for Calendly (See image).
This is how they might structure a strategic message to target sales teams.
Ben Wilentz
Founder, Stealth Startup