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5 Ways To Build An Authentic Brand (Even If You’re Small) Like Fire Department Coffee

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 4, 2023 | Brand Strategy, Building Your Brand, Content Strategy, Core Values, Marketing, Messaging

< Back to The Campfire This article was featured in the February 2021 issue of Foundr Magazine(click to view the piece) When your brand is young and growing, it’s easy to feel limited by what you don’t have — budget, people, resources. Instead, by leaning...

Analysis And Examples Of All Fortune 100 Companies’ Brand Messaging For COVID-19

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Aug 3, 2020 | Brand Strategy, Content Strategy, COVID-19, Data, Leadership

< Back to The Campfire Over a month has passed since the United States went into lockdown as a result of COVID-19. The impact it’s had on our personal and professional lives has been massive. And it’s forced every business to face some big questions on how they’ll...

We Analyzed Emails From 97 Brands In Response To COVID-19. This Is What We Learned.

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 18, 2020 | Brand Strategy, Content Strategy, COVID-19, Data, Leadership, Marketing

< Back to The Campfire The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented situation where people and businesses across the globe are talking in real-time about facing this singular threat. This battle has tested, and will continue to test, our ability to work as a...

Why We Waited 4 Years To Put Our Brand On Instagram

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 23, 2020 | Brand Strategy, Content Strategy, Experiments, Marketing

< Back to The Campfire When it comes to content channels, our advice has always been the same: Unless you have the time, budget, and resources to commit to a channel the default answer to the question “Should I be on (name a channel / social network)”, is NO. On...

How To Create Clear, Consistent Content With Brand Archetypes

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 1, 2023 | Brand Archetypes, Brand Strategy, Content Strategy, Content Strategy Insights, Psychology

< Back to The Campfire One of the hardest parts of creating content for a business is developing a consistent style. Consistency in this case means two things: Ensuring the actual content is consistent from piece to piece, and channel to channel. Embodying a style...

One Phrase That Can Crush, Motivate, and Free Your Business

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Apr 5, 2019 | Content Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Psychology, Startups

< Back to The Campfire If I told you that “nobody cares” about your business how would you react? What’s the feeling you get in your gut when you hear that?When we hear “nobody cares” we’re inclined to first interpret it as a reflection on ourselves:My idea is...