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How To Create Effective Key Marketing Messages With The 4 Forces That Drive Customer Decisions

How To Create Effective Key Marketing Messages With The 4 Forces That Drive Customer Decisions

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

< Back to The Campfire The purpose of your key marketing messages is to describe how your customers’ lives will improve when they engage with your business. It’s an easy concept to articulate, but it contains a key word with a lot of hidden complexity: Improve....
Marketing Insights Pulled From 5 Multi-Billion Dollar Brands

Marketing Insights Pulled From 5 Multi-Billion Dollar Brands

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 23, 2020 | Brand Strategy, Brand Teardowns, Marketing, Messaging, Teardown

< Back to The Campfire When developing a brand, it’s not always easy to know what’s working and what isn’t. The goal of your brand is to communicate your company’s unique value to your customers. So, in a broad sense, the effectiveness of your brand can be measured...
The Benefits Of Talking To Your Customers Like Real Human Beings

The Benefits Of Talking To Your Customers Like Real Human Beings

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Aug 7, 2022 | Brand Strategy, Customers, Marketing, Messaging, Sales, Tone Of Voice Insights

< Back to The Campfire There’s a strange condition that affects people the second they slip on their marketing hat. Their words become complex. They spit out sentences in odd, stilted fragments. Original thoughts get replaced with clichés, and ideas are drained of...
The Secret To Elevating Your Brand’s Creative? Constraints.

The Secret To Elevating Your Brand’s Creative? Constraints.

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jan 31, 2021 | Brand Strategy, Building Your Brand, Messaging, Visual Identity

< Back to The Campfire Creativity centers around the use of our imagination. It’s associated with freedom of thought and expression. At times creativity feels like it comes from a magical, almost undefinable space inside of us. The challenge comes when you need to...
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...
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...
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