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Your Brand Needs Less Growth Hacking And More Growth Hiking

Your Brand Needs Less Growth Hacking And More Growth Hiking

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 18, 2020 | Brand Strategy, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Startups, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire In a podcast with authors Kamal Ravikant and James Altucher, Ravikant told the story of his pilgrimage walking the 550-mile Camino de Santiago in Spain. He talked about his journey and all the sights and experiences that taught him lessons...
How To Market Your Brand’s “Aha” Moment To Excite Customers

How To Market Your Brand’s “Aha” Moment To Excite Customers

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 18, 2020 | Brand Strategy, Jobs To Be Done, Marketing, Messaging, Positioning, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire I recently used a digital product that took me on the very important journey from “I-guess-I’ll-try-it” to “I-gotta-keep-using-this”. In business, we affectionately refer to the completion of that journey as the “aha” moment. In my case, the...
What I Learned About Our Content By Publishing The Same Blog Article Twice

What I Learned About Our Content By Publishing The Same Blog Article Twice

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 18, 2020 | Customers, Entrepreneurship, Psychology, Strategy, Writing

< Back to The Campfire As someone whose writing is focused mainly around my work — in particular, topics like entrepreneurship, strategy, and psychology — I’m a little obsessed with learning which types of articles generate interest and why. It’s a mostly healthy...
Here’s Why You Can’t Read Your Brand’s Label From Inside The Bottle

Here’s Why You Can’t Read Your Brand’s Label From Inside The Bottle

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 18, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Psychology, Startups, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire One of the best parts of my job as a brand strategy consultant is helping founders and marketing leaders get new perspective on the challenges and goals they’re tackling.Gathering information at the start of a brand strategy project is like...
Why Your Team Needs To Be Aligned With Your Brand’s Core Values

Why Your Team Needs To Be Aligned With Your Brand’s Core Values

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: Jul 18, 2020 | Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Startups, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire In a Right Management survey of over 28,000 employees across 15 countries to measure what most drives employee engagement. Of 91 possible factors, the top 5 were: I am committed to my organization’s core values Our customers think highly of...
Brand Strategy Lessons From a 7-Year-Old’s YouTube Channel

Brand Strategy Lessons From a 7-Year-Old’s YouTube Channel

by Clay Ostrom | Last Updated: May 27, 2018 | Brand Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Strategy

< Back to The Campfire Like many kids (and adults), my 7-year-old son loves video games. That love includes playing games himself as well as watching videos of others playing to learn new tricks and skills. The best YouTube gamers can do two things well: narrate...
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