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5 Questions On Building A Brand With Entrepreneur Of The Year & Drift CEO David Cancel

5 Questions On Building A Brand With Entrepreneur Of The Year & Drift CEO David Cancel

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 23, 2020 | Brand Leadership, Brand Strategy, Customers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing, Sales

< Back to The Campfire Any time you see a company that’s had a lot of success in a relatively short amount of time there’s a natural curiosity to understand how they did it. What can we learn from their path? And how do their experiences align, or not, with our own...
How Your Brand Can Benefit From Having A Sense Of Humor

How Your Brand Can Benefit From Having A Sense Of Humor

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 3, 2023 | Brand Strategy, Marketing, Psychology, Tone Of Voice Insights

< Back to The Campfire If you ask someone for their ideal qualities in a significant other or friend, a sense of humor is almost always near the top of the list. And there’s a good reason why humor gets a shoutout alongside key traits like honesty and empathy....
Features Vs Benefits: How To Increase The Impact Of Your Marketing Messages

Features Vs Benefits: How To Increase The Impact Of Your Marketing Messages

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 4, 2023 | Customers, Marketing, Marketing Messages Insights, Messaging

< Back to The Campfire When it comes to the key marketing messages for your brand, there’s one idea that we come back to more than any other.  We write about it, we’ve done a research study about it, and we implement it with our clients. Don’t just describe the...
Core Values And What Customers Think Of Shady Business Tactics

Core Values And What Customers Think Of Shady Business Tactics

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 16, 2022 | Brand Strategy, Core Values, Culture, Marketing

< Back to The Campfire “Are you honest, when no one’s looking?”-Smith & Jones, David BermanA brand’s core values don’t have to mean much.For some companies values are a loose set of ideas in the minds of the founders. For others, values are just some generic...
Start Your Marketing Messages With 5 Senses Not 5 Facts

Start Your Marketing Messages With 5 Senses Not 5 Facts

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Aug 19, 2019 | Customers, Marketing, Messaging, Psychology

< Back to The Campfire When it comes to decision making, we love to think of ourselves as thoughtful, rational beings. And in marketing, we extend that same line of thought to our customers. We imagine them carefully assessing and analyzing our offering. Poring...
Marketing Messages Teardown and Survey Results for Superhuman (The Email App)

Marketing Messages Teardown and Survey Results for Superhuman (The Email App)

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 4, 2023 | Brand Strategy, Data, Marketing, Marketing Messages Insights, Messaging, Positioning

< Back to The Campfire This article was featured in the October 2019 issue of Foundr Magazine(click to view the piece) With all the noise and smoke in the startup world, a strong brand is critical to capture your audience’s attention. And for a brand to be...
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