Your mission statement is meant to be a brand tool that informs your decisions on a daily basis. It describes what you do on a daily basis as an organization in pursuit of your larger vision. But as a leader, how do you ensure your team is aligned on mission? And most importantly, how can you ensure they are living it out on a daily basis? The first challenge requires … [Read more...]
How Do I Use My Mission Statement in My Brand?
Mission statements are cute, aren’t they? Clients get all tangled up in using words they’d never actually say and lofty statements that sound amazing but have nothing to do with their product or service. “Our mission is to empower women to be their best selves.” Um, you sell hosiery. Or they make it so generic: “Our mission is to help people.” Help them do what? Yes, … [Read more...]
How to Build a Sales Funnel
“Hi, nice to meet you! You’ve never heard of me before but please click this button/take my business card and spend over $1000 on my products or services.” The underappreciated skill of marketing is to take a customer on journey. One where they get to know you, assess your approach/values, evaluate how you can solve their needs and compare you against the alternatives. This sales cycle can … [Read more...]
Want To Build Your List? Love the Ones You’re With
We always want more, don’t we? We're all looking for that perfect list-building trick that will unlock more clients, more customers, more money. We all know it’s a lot easier to nurture a large, warm audience and convert them into sales over time. So we collect people and names like we’re picking blueberries and dump them into our sacks as we hunt for more. But what about those people who … [Read more...]
Create Magical Moments for Your Customers, Team and Fans
Watching your child watch his first movie is a magical moment. At least for me, lover of all things story and film. When we finally sat down with my young son to watch his first full-length movie at home, he was about two-and-a-half, I believe-old enough to (we thought) sit through more than a half hour show. Mind you, we limit how much TV he watches, so this was a real treat. My husband … [Read more...]
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