What can management consulting teach you about brand strategy work? Everything. My very first post-college job was as a change management consultant for a large consulting firm. My job was to equip people and teams at Fortune 1000 companies to adopt big changes, whether that was a new system implementation, workflow, or organizational structure. All of these projects had one … [Read more...]
Who Needs to Be Part of the Brand Project?
Your organization's brand is its reputation, essence and core. It's not just a logo creation exercise or marketing's purview from an ad perspective. It's everything your company is, offers and stands for, inside and out. Clients are sometimes surprised that when we work on a brand strategy process together, the key component is not just a marketing workshop, but … [Read more...]
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
What do you think of when you think of innovation? Do you picture a think tank of experts, crammed into a meeting room with Post-it notes on the wall, formulas on a white board, leftover pizza boxes strewn about, and crazy ideas flying back and forth? When we think of innovation in that way, it can seem daunting. What if I go into a room to innovate … [Read more...]
How You Can Look At Innovation
While all the talk of “pivoting” these days is turning into a drinking game for some entrepreneurs, it’s important to remember one important thing: As a business owner, creator, entrepreneur, it has always been your responsibility to innovate. This is not new. Show me a business that never adapts, and I’ll show you an extinct business. Show me a leader who … [Read more...]
Why Brands Need to Speak Up
With everything going on in our world – from a global pandemic to economic hardship to countless social justice and racial inequality issues, corporate brands might be tempting to adopt a “business as usual” approach and focus only on their products and services. But you can’t. And here’s why. Your business thrives on people. And your employees, customer, suppliers and … [Read more...]
Use Your Platform for Good
Whether you reach 5 people or five hundred thousand. Whether you are CEO of a global brand or an entry-level manager or a solopreneur whose office staff consists of you and a lazy Black Lab who lounges next to your desk all day. Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent, work for a big corporate giant or a small scrappy local business. You have influence. You have a voice. Use … [Read more...]
3 Tips to Differentiate Your Messaging
So often underused, yet so powerful. MESSAGING Sure, messaging might not be as sexy as logo design or digital marketing but nailing your messaging can do more for your brand effectiveness than any other aspect of your brand strategy mix. Many times, I work with successful companies that already have customers and are generating revenue, but they are revamping … [Read more...]
Why You Need a Niche
“Niche is rich” so some people say. But why do they say this? I mean, it seems counterintuitive to limit your market size, doesn’t it? You want to sell to as many people who will buy your product or service, don’t you? A few clarifications to help you make better marketing and sales decisions: Your niche is about outbound, not who can buy from you Defining your … [Read more...]
How to Listen to Your Inner Wisdom
Has a leadership coach or self-help guru ever said to you, “You have all the answers inside of you; you just need to listen?” Upon hearing this, I usually roll my eyes. Please, I’m a smart cookie. If my intuition or whatever tried to speak to me during this crossroads, I would tell myself, I’d have heard it by now. But I’m still lost as to what to do. I’m … [Read more...]
Collaborating to Survive…and Thrive
Whoa, these are some crazy times. With the global spread of Coronavirus and most business (and personal lives) at a standstill, what’s an entrepreneur to do to keep her business going to weather to storm? This blog post was originally going to be about when to collaborate from an “outsourcing” point of view. Collaborating to ensure you don’t try to do all the things … [Read more...]
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