June 6, 2024

Independent Insights: Navigating a rebrand and structuring a welcome flow

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="nl-container" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row row-1" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row-content stack" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:5px;color:#000;width:615px;margin:0 auto" width="615"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="text_block block-1" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:12px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style=""><em>👋 Welcome to Independent Insights, </em><em>where we gather member wisdom and expert insights from Pollen to take your consulting business to the next level.&nbsp;</em></span><em>This will give you a glimpse of what's happening inside&nbsp;Pollen.</em></span> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;">&nbsp;🔗 <em>Any events or resources linked are open to everyone.</em></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"> <span style="font-size:16px;"><em>➡️&nbsp;<a href="http://email.runpollen.com/e/c/eyJlIjoxMjU2ODEsImVtYWlsX2lkIjoiZXhhbXBsZSIsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwczovL2FwcGxpY2F0aW9ucy5ydW5wb2xsZW4uY29tL2Zsb3cvYXBwbGljYXRpb25zL3ZhcmlhbnQvbWFpbj91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249NiUyRjYlMkYyNCtSb3VuZHVwKyUyOE5vbi1tZW1iZXJzJTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9NiUyRjYlMkYyNCtXZWVrbHkrUm91bmR1cCslMjhub24tbWVtYmVycyUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pbyIsInQiOjE3MTgyMTAzOTZ9/4f189c48de2c2883ad0c2178d145aee62fc166a0a42a735c97c770c2cf0f185a" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; 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color: #343446;" target="_blank"><strong>Jamie Cox</strong></a></strong> has been working on the rebrand for her own company, Strange Salt. She shares some of her learnings from the process:</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><em><strong>Don’t rush it</strong></em></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"> <span style="font-size:16px;"><em>In February, I set goals to finish my strategy document, get feedback, complete the visual identity, and write website copy. I didn’t even finish the strategy document. The fact is, branding takes time. Several things happened—life, for one. Looking back, I realize what the brand would have looked like if I had pushed myself to do it all in that month. It’s not pretty. The brand wouldn’t be nearly as aligned with where our organization is going (thanks to feedback from our team) and it wouldn’t be as polished and thoughtful.</em></span> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><em><strong>Get feedback, but take it with a grain of salt</strong></em></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"> <span style="font-size:16px;"><em>Speaking of feedback, I asked for a lot of it—from colleagues, collaborators, and clients. The feedback varied across the board and was often contradictory. Everyone brings their own perspectives to their feedback, and they often don’t have all the context you do about your business. <span style="background-color:#ffdf8f;">Take what works, toss what doesn’t, and transform the things that make sense for you and your business.&nbsp;</span></em></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>See more of Jamie’s learnings in the post.</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="divider_block block-3" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div align="center" class="alignment"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="heading_block block-4" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><h2 style="margin:0;color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:21.599999999999998px"><strong>📧 Community roundup: How to structure a welcome flow for email</strong></h2></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row row-4" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row-content stack" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;color:#343446;width:615px;margin:0 auto" width="615"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="text_block block-1" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:12px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;">Once subscribers subscribe to your email list, it can be helpful to lead them through a welcome sequence to convey key messages about you and your business. Leadership Development Coach <strong>Lizabeth </strong>asked how Pollen members approach this:</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Alison, Leadership Coach: </strong><em>My welcome flow helps them peek behind the scenes and hear my story. They then flow into my general list and receive broadcasts about every two weeks.</em><em><br></em><em><br></em><em>I’d like to revise the flow to:</em></span></p><ul style="line-height:1.5;mso-line-height-alt:24px;font-size:16px"><li><span style="font-size:16px;background-color:#ffdf8f;"><em>capture more examples of customer empathy/problems</em></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;background-color:#ffdf8f;"><em>link to top content, especially video/podcast interviews</em></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;background-color:#ffdf8f;"><em>offer a one time incentive on a course or a coaching discovery session</em></span></li></ul><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Jamie Cox, Branding Expert-in-Residence:</strong> <em>I have a welcome sequence I use and it varies based on where the lead came from.</em><em><br></em><em><br></em><em>For my general newsletter sign up, it looks like this:</em></span></p><ul style="line-height:1.5;mso-line-height-alt:24px;font-size:16px"><li><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>Immediate: Quick intro and links to top content</em></span> </li><li><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>2 Days later: About Brand Strategy/My Process</em></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>2 Days later: My experience (why choose me)</em></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>3 Days later: My work</em></span></li><li><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>Then they move over to my general newsletter.<br></em></span></li></ul><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:24px"> <span style="font-size:16px;"><em>When I re-do this, I’m going to make it more actionable. I’ll keep the structure the same, but highlight more of my core offers and I’ll likely condense it to be one email shorter.</em></span></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>How did you structure your welcome flow? </strong><strong>Share here</strong><strong>.</strong></span></p></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="divider_block block-2" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div align="center" class="alignment"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr> </tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="heading_block block-3" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><h2 style="margin:0;color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:21.599999999999998px"> <strong>📝 Member spotlight: Transition from problem to action with Karl Stewart’s framework</strong></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="text_block block-4" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:12px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"> <span style="font-size:16px;">After a 20-year career in human resources, <strong>Karl Stewart </strong>is an executive coach and founder of his consultancy Work Well Groups. One of his favorite tools to use with his coaching clients is the <a href="http://email.runpollen.com/e/c/eyJlIjoxMjU2ODEsImVtYWlsX2lkIjoiZXhhbXBsZSIsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5wb3NpdGl2ZWludGVsbGlnZW5jZS5jb20vP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj02JTJGNiUyRjI0K1JvdW5kdXArJTI4Tm9uLW1lbWJlcnMlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD02JTJGNiUyRjI0K1dlZWtseStSb3VuZHVwKyUyOG5vbi1tZW1iZXJzJTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvIiwidCI6MTcxODIxMDM5Nn0/0e13e85583f4a72597a9ebeb55552e6f28b3e6e9f785adf1e96a773a40d040da" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #343446;">Positive Intelligence</a> framework, a 5-step approach to any challenge or conflict:</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;">1. Explore</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"> <span style="font-size:16px;">Start by looking at a situation from different perspectives. <span style="background-color:#ffdf8f;">“Ask the neurodiverse person, the remote person, the CEO, the board of directors, the introvert,”</span> Karl says. That way, you’ll get a fuller picture of what’s going on.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;">2. Empathize</span> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;">“Now that you’ve looked at the data, go to the heart,” Karl says. He encourages people to look at a situation the way a 5-year-old would, with the assumption that everyone deserves unconditional love.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;">3. Navigate</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;">“20 years from now, what do you want to say about this challenge or this situation?” Karl asks. The goal is to understand what’s truly important about a challenge — what you’ll care about in the long term.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="http://email.runpollen.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" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #343446;"><strong>Get the last two steps of the framework and read more about Karl’s journey here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row row-5" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="row-content stack" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:615px;margin:0 auto" width="615"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="divider_block block-1" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div align="center" class="alignment"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span> </span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="heading_block block-2" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><h2 style="margin:0;color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:21.599999999999998px"><strong>📼 Featured Clip: </strong><strong>A framework to accurately price your deliverables&nbsp;</strong></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="text_block block-3" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:12px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:18px;color:#000;line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"> <span style="font-size:16px;"><strong><a class="" href="http://email.runpollen.com/e/c/eyJlIjoxMjU2ODEsImVtYWlsX2lkIjoiZXhhbXBsZSIsImhyZWYiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy50ZXJyeXJpY2UuY28vP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj02JTJGNiUyRjI0K1JvdW5kdXArJTI4Tm9uLW1lbWJlcnMlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD02JTJGNiUyRjI0K1dlZWtseStSb3VuZHVwKyUyOG5vbi1tZW1iZXJzJTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3Rpb25cdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWN1c3RvbWVyLmlvIiwidCI6MTcxODIxMDM5Nn0/d8b853ebf4119527c16b0887762986ae9b4b4bc159dbd4e1ef649f102079cd79" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #343446;" target="_blank"><strong>Terry Rice</strong></a></strong> suggests using his framework, The Delivery Cube, for every single delivery you have.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:18px">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:16px;mso-line-height-alt:24px"> <span style="font-size:16px;">Sometimes we’re so obsessed with getting a yes that we risk undercharging. 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