by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jan 14, 2023 | Brand Strategy, Competition, Customer Research, Customers, Data, Psychology
< Back to The Campfire This article was featured in the December 2022 issue of Foundr Magazine(click to view the piece) When we see a strong, memorable brand out in the wild, all we see is the finished product. We have the luxury of consuming the messaging,...
by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Feb 4, 2023 | Brand Strategy, Competition, Positioning, Positioning Insights, Psychology, Strategy
< Back to The Campfire When it comes to taking risks, we’re wired to believe in the saying “there’s safety in numbers”. In other words, if we’re surrounded by others doing the same thing, literally or figuratively, we believe nothing bad is likely to happen to us....
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...
by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Mar 26, 2022 | Jobs To Be Done, Marketing, Messaging, Psychology, Strategy
< Back to The Campfire The most dangerous misconception that founders and marketers can have is the belief that anyone, including their most loyal customers, care about their product or service. It’s an easy trap to fall into because we’re obsessed with our own...
by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Dec 7, 2020 | Customers, Marketing, Messaging, Psychology, Website
< Back to The Campfire “No sentence can be effective if it contains facts alone. It must also contain emotion, image, logic, and promise.”- Copywriter and Author, Eugene Schwartz Of all the ways your brand expresses its value to connect with customers, there are...
