by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jan 14, 2023 | Brand Strategy, Customers, Home Page Featured, Marketing, Messaging, Strategy
< Back to The Campfire There’s a well discussed idea in branding that key messages should focus on the customer benefits of an offering rather than its features. In other words, the lead message centers on the value the customer receives. The logic here is that...
by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 4, 2023 | Brand Strategy, Customers, Demand Generation, Marketing, Positioning, Sales
< Back to The Campfire This article was featured in the November 2022 issue of Foundr Magazine(click to view the piece) In today’s wildly competitive landscape, there’s nothing better than a customer who arrives at your brand’s front door ready to buy....
by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Nov 24, 2022 | Brand Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Strategy
< Back to The Campfire Branding and marketing work is a living, breathing process. As long as your business continues to grow, your brand needs to evolve, too. But just because there’s no ultimate peak to reach or finish line to cross with that work doesn’t mean...
by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 11, 2021 | Brand Strategy, Core Values, Customers, Marketing, Strategy
< Back to The Campfire While most of us can relate to what it’s like to fall in love with another person, we may not be great at articulating the process of it. It’s more of a feeling or an experience. But even if we can’t always put our finger on how it happens,...
by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 2, 2023 | Brand Archetypes, Brand Strategy, Home Page Featured, Marketing, Messaging, Psychology, Strategy, Writing
< Back to The Campfire At Map & Fire, we define a brand as a relationship between your company and your customers. The challenge is that a relationship is an abstract concept. This makes creating an authentic voice for a brand a tricky thing to wrap your head...
by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 4, 2023 | Brand Strategy, Competition, Marketing, Messaging, Positioning, Psychology, Visual Identity
< Back to The Campfire A lifetime of getting hammered by thousands of ads a day, has turned us all into shockingly efficient judges of brand quality. I saw this superpower in action recently after buying a bottle of Acid League salad dressing. I showed the...
