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Exactly what you get in the Pin, the Route and the Atlas. They build on each other: find the gap, build your story, then tell it everywhere. Start with the Pin if something feels off and you can’t say what, or you’re pre-launch. Have customers to talk to? Start with the Route. The Atlas only runs on a story that’s true, so it always comes after the Route.

IncludedLight—Not included
DeliverableThe PinThe RouteThe Atlas
Find the gap
Story auditWhere your homepage, deck and pitch disagree, where a stranger gets lost, and signs your story has been outgrownIncluded——
Your core messageA headline, an opener and a short pitch, in your customers’ words, with three proof pointsIncludedA working draftIncludedFinal, inside the message house—
Words to dropThe jargon to retire, and the plain words to useIncluded——
Customer language bankUp to 10 phrases from your customersIncludedLightInside the customer readout—
Fix list and next stepThe first fixes, in order, and which service fitsIncluded——
Build your story
Customer readoutUp to 5 conversations, in your customers’ own words—Included—
Map of the alternativesWhat customers do without you, where each option sits, and the open ground—IncludedOne page—
Who it’s forThe person who needs it most, who to win first, and who it’s not forLightOne page, in the auditIncludedICP one-pager—
Positioning docWho it’s for, the problem, why you, the proof, and the category you sit in—IncludedUp to 4 pages—
Message houseThe big idea, the reasons to believe it, proof under each—Included—
Messaging by audienceOne version for each audience you pick first: the buyer who signs, the user, or investors, each with their own proof—Included—
Story foundationEverything above in one document your team and your AI tools can use, plus a baseline to review against—Included—
Tell it everywhere
Homepage messageA new headline, subhead and section order——Included
Sharpening passYour homepage and pitch deck edited line by line to tell the story——Included
Pitch narrativeThe story, told in the order buyers and investors ask——Included
Sales one-pagerHow to explain the product, and each release, in plain words——Included
Sales answersThe “isn’t that just…?” questions, answered——IncludedUp to ten answers
Launch and feature storyThe message, one-pager and sales brief for a launch or major feature——Included
Voice kit and team sessionA voice guide and prompts so your team’s AI tools sound like you, and the group that matters most says it the same way——IncludedPlus a handover doc
How it runs
Starts fromWhat each one builds onNothingStart here if you can’t say what’s off, or you’re pre-launchNothing, or the PinStart here if you have customers to talk toThe RouteOr recent positioning built on customer research, reviewed first
CoversHow many products and customer segments. A segment is a type of customer, like small teams or enterprisesOne productOne segmentOne productUp to two segmentsUp to two products or segmentsEach with its own message
TimeFrom start to finishUp to two weeksA half-day session, then the write-upUp to 4 weeksUp to 6 weeks
ReviewAfter one to two quarters: has the story stuck, and what has moved?On requestIncludedIncluded
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