How To Create A Memorable Slogan, Tagline or Brand Name (3-Steps)

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Ever wonder how copywriters come up with epic and timeless slogans for brands like Nike, Apple, L’oreal, and even Wheaties?

Comment below if you know what these famous slogans are!! I’ll reveal them at the end of this article…

But HOW exactly do these creative geniuses come up with something that’s?catchy,?memorable,?and?accurately conveys a?core message?of the brand in?just a few words?

Does it all just come down to?creative talent and luck? Or is there more to this whole process than meets the eye?

In today’s article, I’m going to take you behind-the-scenes and break down?my own creative process?for coming up with memorable brand names, course names, taglines, and slogans that leave?lasting impressions?in the minds of fans everywhere.?

I am SUPER excited about this article because it’s one of my?absolute favorite?things to do as a copywriter.?

And that is—writing kickass slogans, taglines, and brand names! Or even names for your courses and programs!

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Now unless you’re?Don Draper from Mad Men, you probably can’t just magically come up with a totally brilliant, original, and catchy slogan in the blink of an eye.?

And hey—there’s nothing wrong with that!?

The truth is, that there’s?a lot more?that goes into crafting memorable slogans, taglines, and course names than what popular Television and movies might have you believe.?

That’s right—genius brand slogans don’t just come to you magically in your dreams—or at least 99% of the time they don’t.

In fact, when I’m trying to come up with a great name or memorable slogan for my next course, program, or offer… There is always?a step-by-step process?that I work through?before?I “stumble upon” the perfect phrase.?

And like ALL things in copywriting, it all needs to start with…

Step 1: Crystalize The USP

Everything, everything,?everything?you do in your business needs to be centred around your USP—or?Unique Selling Proposition.?

Now, while it’s true that most companies and brands have a broad USP statement that applies more to their general mission statement…

Each product or service that you offer?within?that brand should also?have its own USP as well.?I mean you created these products and services to do different things—right??

They are different. So they need to have different USPs.?

For example, take a look at my brand, the?Copy Posse.?

The USP for my entire brand, as a whole is:?

“A?global crew of copywriters committed to de-douchifying the internet one word at a time and make caring cool again.”

Sidebar:?I almost called the Copy Posse: the Copy Coop—for chicks who love to write. But then I decided I didn’t want to only serve women, so I changed the USP to be a global crew of copywriters…?and the Copy Posse was born!

But within my brand, I offer a range of different products and services. Each one of them varies with?what?exactly it is that they do,?who?they’re aiming to help, and?how?they accomplish the end goal.?

My?Write & Ignite Challenge?is for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and aspiring copywriters who want a proven Sales Page formula to ignite online sales.

The?Own The Inbox Challenge?is for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and aspiring copywriters who want to learn how to write a?high-converting email sequence?that’ll land them more clients and turn?sign-ups?into?sales.?

My 8-week copywriting coaching program,?The Launch Files, is for new and existing copywriters who want to?launch their freelancing business, from scratch, with a complete, cohesive, and professional copywriter portfolio.?

And lastly,?Reign?is my?exclusive?membership for self-led, ambitious, and fiercely empathetic copywriters who are?ready to boss up from freelancer to entrepreneur,?turn their side hustle into multiple 6-figures, and become the?reigning?authority in their domain.

See how each and every one of these has its own, completely separate USP statement?

Which leads me to…

Step 2: Brainstorm Product & Brand Names

Alright now that you know?WHAT?exactly it is that makes this brand, product or service unique, different, or better and?WHO?it helps…

It’s time to brainstorm a name. Sometimes this will come to you rather quickly after writing out the USP statement.

For example, the?Write & Ignite Challenge?teaches you?how to?WRITE?a sales page that will help you?IGNITE?online sales.?All I did was take the?two main messages?and boom—just like that the name Write & Ignite was born.?

My most recent challenge, the?Own The Inbox Challenge, actually took me A LOT longer to come up with a great name for.?

We had written the entire sales page and?we still didn’t have a name!!

This is where I like to get out a pen and a notebook and just start writing down words that relate to my USP.?It’s always a?hodgepodge?of different words, sayings, and messages…?One of the?biggest pain points?I highlight on my sales page is that you?don’t?own?your social media following…

In other words, it could be taken from you in an instant.?

But your email list is different—because you own it. LITERALLY.?

And boom. I had a play on words that worked great as a challenge name, because not only do you?literally?own your subscribers… but the course itself teaches you how to?figuratively?own the inbox?with killer messaging and emails.?

See how both of these course names tie into the program itself and are super relevant to what’s actually being learned?

That’s the key to creating a memorable course name.?

If I was to just pick some random, off-the-wall name that didn’t have anything to do with my actual product, it wouldn’t be very memorable. Right?

So, when naming a brand or product, always dissect the USP and use it to help you craft a name that reflects that.?

Yes, it’s nice to have a rhyme, acronym or an alliteration in there—but?don’t sacrifice clarity for the sake of cuteness.?It’s gotta make sense first and foremost.?

Once you have the brand or product name, you can move on to…

Step 3: Write The Slogan or Tagline

Once you have your brand name or course name, you can come up with a slogan.?The brand name or product name is like the?movie title! Whereas the slogan is the?logline… it’s the one-two punch that creates a powerful title/subtitle combo.

Now, you don’t?always?need a tagline or slogan… and many brands get by without one…

So just like with brainstorming your brand or product name… take some time to examine your USP and break it down into the?specific benefits you offer.?Basically, you want your slogan or tagline to represent?your biggest, juiciest benefit!

Start writing down words that reflect what your audience?deeply yearns for… is it happiness, love, convenience, money?

Here are some classic examples:

• Disneyland:?The happiest place on Earth.
• De Beers:?A diamond is forever.
• Kentucky Fried Chicken:?Finger-lickin’ good.

Start writing down words and playing around with the emotions surrounding these words…

Then after you got a good brain dump out of the way… I like to go back and revisit it all. Asking myself these three questions:

• Is it quickly recognizable?
• Does it have meaning?
• Is it clear and easy to understand without explanation?
• Is there an obvious connection to your brand or product?

Again, bringing it back to my own brand and creative process… when thinking of the slogan for?The Copy Posse—The New School of Copywriters…

This was something that came?directly?from my USP statement.

I created The Copy Posse to teach copywriters?a new way?of selling.

The Posse is all about using the?best of old-school marketing principles?and combining them with?modern storytelling and branding?to create copy that?connects?and?converts.

It’s the second coming of copywriting and the Copy Posse is leading the way. We are the?new school of copywriters.

It’s quickly recognizable and easy to understand…

Just like Nike, Apple, L’oreal, and even Wheaties.

Which, by the way… have the slogans…

• Just do it.
• Think different.
• Because you’re worth it!
• The breakfast of champions.

Alright—I hope you enjoyed this little behind-the-scenes peek at how I do things here at The Copy Posse.?

And I hope you walked away with some great ideas on how to tackle?your own badass brand names, product names, taglines, and slogans!

Thanks for reading and subscribing!

Alex

Alex Cattoni is the Founder of the Copy Posse Agency and Academy. Since 2011, she has launched several successful brands and has proudly partnered with many of the hottest transformational brands and businesses on the planet, writing high-converting sales copy, scaling multi-million dollar brands, and crafting iconic promotional campaigns.

Today, she’s on a mission to mobilize the raddest, baddest crew of authentic copywriters with a passion for creating community, credibility and conversions with nothing but powerful and precise wording.

Through her weekly?YouTube?videos,?Alex?helps copywriters, aspiring copywriters and entrepreneurs learn, write and ignite their businesses with words that work.