Your Brand Is Not Your Logo, It’s Your Voice

I see it all the time. A founder spends $5,000 on a new logo and a fancy color palette. They launch their new 'brand' with a big announcement. And then, crickets.

Why? Because they confused the packaging for the product. A logo is packaging. Your font choice is packaging.

Your brand, the thing that actually makes people feel something and want to give you money, is your voice.

It is the way you communicate. The words you choose. The stories you tell. The hills you are willing to die on. A beautiful logo on top of a generic, corporate speak message is just a pretty empty box.

Your competitors can copy your services and your pricing. They cannot copy your voice.

The problem is, most founders do not have one. They adopt a safe, 'professional' tone that sounds like a LinkedIn post written by ChatGPT. They sand off all the interesting edges that would make them stand out.

The 3 Ingredients of a Real Brand Voice

A compelling voice is not about being loud. It is about being clear and consistent. It has three parts:

1. Your Point of View: What do you believe that other people in your industry do not? A strong voice is an opinionated voice. It takes a stand. For example, our voice is consistently against 'hustle culture.' This instantly attracts the right people and repels the wrong ones (which is the point).

2. Your Lexicon: What are your words? Do you use formal language or casual slang? Data or metaphors? Create a list of 'our words' (e.g., leverage, systems, clarity) and 'not our words' (e.g., hustle, secrets, hacks). Consistency builds recognition.

3. Your Tone: How do you want people to feel when they read your stuff? Empowered? Reassured? Challenged? If your ideal clients are overwhelmed, a calm, confident tone will be far more effective than a hyped up one.

How to Find Your Voice

Your authentic voice is not something you invent. It is something you uncover. Here is a simple exercise:

Record yourself talking to a friend about what you do. Not a potential client, a friend. Just explain it like you are at a pub.

Now, transcribe that recording. That is it. That is your voice. The words you used, the analogies you made, the rhythm of your sentences. Your job is to capture that and infuse it into everything you write.

When your voice is consistent, people feel like they know you before they ever speak to you. This is the secret to marketing that does not feel like marketing.

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