June 2019 - Map and Fire

4 Signals That Your Brand Is In Poor Health

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 23, 2020 | Brand Strategy, Implementing Your Brand, Marketing, Positioning, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire Evaluating the health of your brand can be a tricky thing. To start, you have to define the role brand plays for your business. Your brand is a relationship between your business and your customers. The two halves of that relationship are:...

Business Advice On Stoicism Via Kawhi Leonard and Alex Honnold

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jun 17, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Psychology, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire It’s easy to compare the emotional turbulence of running a business with riding a roller coaster. The standard business lifecycle comes with tense uphill climbs, exciting turns, and sometimes heart-stopping descents. When you’re that invested...

Infographic: What CEOs Care About (And How Their Brand Can Help Them)

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 3, 2023 | Brand Leadership, Brand Strategy, Leadership, Positioning, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire Infographic Click here to download a PDF of the CEO infographic Infographic Data Source – The Predictive Index’s study on CEOs. See the full study here and here. Infographic Content Overview Leading a company is incredibly complex. From...

One Simple Question To See If You Have A Strong Brand Strategy

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 20, 2020 | Brand Strategy, Brand Think Pieces, Leadership, Positioning, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire For your brand to establish a unique position and rise above the noise, your strategy needs to embrace trade-offs. Trade-offs mean that you’ve crafted a position that targets a specific type of customer and serves them in a specific way. And...

4 Signals That Your Brand Is In Poor Health

Business Advice On Stoicism Via Kawhi Leonard and Alex Honnold

Infographic: What CEOs Care About (And How Their Brand Can Help Them)

One Simple Question To See If You Have A Strong Brand Strategy

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