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WorkMessaging Strategy

Arcion Labs (acquired by Databricks)

Telling the Story of a Data Revolution — in Three Weeks

Client
Arcion Labs
Scope
Messaging Strategy, Social, Email, & Ad Copy, Marketing Collateral
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A one-of-a-kind product, Arcion filled a gaping hole in the $10 billion market for data replication and protection software. It did so by creating a cloud-native service that could deploy data pipelines for real-time data replication in seconds. But how do you explain a technology that didn't exist a few years ago?

Arcion’s logo animation

Fast Data. Faster Decisions.

In 2022, Arcion (then Blizz.io) closed a Series A round. With this new funding came the decision for a complete rebrand of the company.

Billboard on a purple wall: ‘Data pipelines that deliver peace of mind’ beside a smiling man typing on a laptop
A billboard mock-up for Arcion
Arcion Cloud billboard: ‘Deploy real-time data pipelines in seconds’ with a 3D hourglass and rocket, on a purple building facade
A billboard mock-up for Arcion Cloud

New Features and a New Identity

Zhenni Wu, Arcion's Senior Head of Marketing reached out to Prakhar Singh of House of Brilliant Ideas to take on a massive challenge — develop the entire business messaging, and website copy for Arcion in less than a month.

Four mobile story ads for Arcion Cloud, from ‘Slow data means even slower decisions’ to native support for popular databases and cloud platforms
Story ads for Arcion
Arcion’s launch board for April and May

Discovery

In addition to the messaging, we were also responsible for the content for Arcion's social media and the press for the launch.

The first few days were spent understanding the Arcion platform, its benefits to corporations, and the target audience, as well as doing a brief competitive audit.

Primary Deliverables

The primary deliverables of this project were website copy, social media & PR content, and outbound marketing collateral.

We also did the storyboarding for the launch video, introducing the world's fastest data replication platform in 60 seconds.

Hanging banner for an Arcion and Databricks webinar on real-time data ingestion into the Databricks Lakehouse with CDC, with three speakers and the date, March 17
A banner mock-up for Arcion’s webinar with Databricks
Arcion’s launch video
arcion.io in April 2022
Four mobile screens from the Arcion website: the self-hosted product hero, the Arcion Cloud free trial, the Databricks partner page and the data migration page
Four pages of arcion.io in 2022, on phones

Email Marketing

We were responsible for drafting emails for a number of email marketing campaigns for both the launch and multiple events in the coming weeks.

Working with the sales team, we delivered over a dozen thoughtfully composed emails, aimed at generating interest from warm leads to inviting existing partners and customers to upcoming events.

Launch email on lavender: ‘You’re not still fixing broken pipelines, are you?’ with a 3D rocket and a free trial button
An Arcion Cloud launch email, April 2022
Dark launch email: ‘Arcion Cloud is Here!’ with a speedometer graphic, a feature list and a sign-up button
The other Arcion Cloud launch email

Marketing Collateral

The marketing collateral included messaging to support Arcion's launch and future marketing campaigns, including but not limited to dedicated pages for webinars, in-person events, lead magnets, etc.

Night-time digital billboard in a glass walkway: ‘World’s only cloud native data replication platform’ beside a hand holding a phone showing the Arcion site
A digital billboard mock-up for Arcion
Two Arcion LinkedIn posts: the Series A announcement with a server-room photo, and the Arcion Cloud launch post listing its features
Arcion’s LinkedIn posts for the Series A and Arcion Cloud
Two Arcion LinkedIn posts: a March 17 webinar invitation with Databricks, and news that Arcion joined Databricks Partner Connect
Arcion’s LinkedIn posts for the March webinar and Partner Connect
LinkedIn post sharing the Arcion product video, beside the sign-up page for the ‘Change Data Capture for the Databricks Lakehouse’ webinar
Arcion’s launch video post, beside the webinar sign-up page

Post-work Success

Arcion and Databricks have always been close partners in innovation and an early investor in the company. In November of 2023, Databricks acquired Arcion – the deal valued at a staggering $100 million. We are incredibly happy and proud of this massive achievement and are excited to continue seeing the great things the team at Arcion is doing.

Collage of press coverage of Databricks acquiring Arcion, from CNBC, Forbes, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, AIM and others, and Arcion’s own announcement
Coverage of the acquisition