Tin Ly

Package Your Tech Product

Good product, soft traction. Usually it's how the product branding & communication is packaged, not the channel.

From Unilever Vietnam, Homecare to Ninety Eight: Coin98, Conviction, Viction — 7+ years of experience

Distribution alone doesn't create value.
It multiplies whatever legibility you already had.

A vague value positioning, amplified by distribution, remains blurred
A vague Value Positioning Package Distribution Projected but Blurred and Washed Out for Anyone
A sharp value positioning, amplified by distribution, is felt and remembered
Sharp Value Positioning Package Distribution The Product is Felt and Remembered

If positioning is vague, spending more to spread gets wasted.

How I work

I learned this back when I was working as Brand Manager in an FMCG Conglomerate in Vietnam. In FMCG you don't get to find out after launch. The whole package is tested before it ships, against a number the whole team agreed in advance.
Concept testing, action standards, gate reviews.
I adapted that standard practice into a more agile approach in tech.

Gate 1 Audience

Who is actually buying or attracted, named and evidenced

Gate 2 Concept

Up to three routes of concept. Tested against the target segment, scored against a number set beforehand

Gate 3 Assets

One set of visual identity & messaging packaged across brand and product

Gate 4 Launch

The package only works where the buyer actually looks: Website, search, app store, socials

Stage One — Prove the package

Before anything gets amplified, the message has to hold up against real people.

Stage Two — Make it travel

A proven message still dies if the assets are inconsistent and nobody can find them.

Track Record

7+ Years Of Experience in Brand & Marketing Management

FMCG Fundamentals · 6 YoE

Emerging Tech Leap · 1.5 YoE

Read more about my case here

Services & engagement

Fractional. Bounded. Episodic.

A full-time brand hire would be too much if flexibility is what you need. What I bring to the table is brand management discipline, taste and dedication in making your product deliberately packaged, ready to be shipped to market.

Ideas & Initial TestsAudience
Brand & Product Positioning StrategyConcept
Brand Identity & Brand GuidelinesAssets
Communication Framework & ExecutionLaunch
Capability BuildingResources

Engagement

Brand diagnosis and initial strategy proposal.

Starts at $1,000

Full sequence

All four gates in 50–75 days of brand audit, strategy & execution planning & 60-day pilot.

From $11,000
EngagementFull Sequence
AudienceDiagnosisFull validation
ConceptRecommendation and reference onlyFull concept test against a pre-set action standard
AssetsNot includedDelivered
LaunchNot includedDelivered, with execution support
FormatWritten diagnosis & recommendationFull four-gate execution and system
Duration5–7 days50–75 days, incl. 60-day execution pilot
PriceStarts at $1,000From $11,000

Engagement

Audience
Diagnosis
Concept
Recommendation and reference only
Assets
Not included
Launch
Not included
Format
Written diagnosis & recommendation
Duration
5–7 days
Price
Starts at $1,000

Full Sequence

Audience
Full validation
Concept
Full concept test against a pre-set action standard
Assets
Delivered
Launch
Delivered, with execution support
Format
Full four-gate execution and system
Duration
50–75 days, incl. 60-day execution pilot
Price
From $11,000

Tell me what you're launching

I'm cautious with unsolicited files and embedded links, so let's be transparent how we should catch up.