What is your brand’s MLE (minimum level of excellence)?
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding
By Emily Soccorsy and Justin Foster A brand is an organic, living thing. It is both a practice and a discipline. And yet there is also a baseline, or minimum, …
Synthesis Episode 10: Ron Price + Stacy Ennis on Growing Influence
Filed Under: Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
LISTEN HERE (audio + video) Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and us — see the world differently. Our tenth episode …
Why Ego Kills Brands
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
By Emily Soccorsy + Justin Foster To be a leader you need a healthy ego. Leading with your ego will kill your brand. Discuss. Not sure what to discuss? We …
Synthesis Episode 9: CEO Tanya Hall on Bringing Honor to Self-Publishing
Filed Under: Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
LISTEN HERE (audio + video) Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and us — see the world differently. Our ninth episode …
How to Turn Brand Anxiety into Brand Intelligence
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Leadership
By Emily Soccorsy + Justin Foster You’ve been going along and growing your company. You are a good leader, and you have a good heart. And you are good at …
Synthesis Episode 8: Claritee Co-Founders Triana Newton & Doug McRae taking on Smokestack Thinking
Filed Under: Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
LISTEN HERE (audio + video) Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and us — see the world differently. Our eighth episode …
Who are Our Clients?
Filed Under: Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
By Emily Soccorsy + Justin Foster Who are our clients? People often ask us. In a sentence, they are awake achievers. But there’s so much beneath, between, around and behind …
Synthesis Episode 7: CEO Allen Gannett – On Knowing Who You Are + Tackling Creativity
Filed Under: Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
EPISODE 7: Allen Gannett LISTEN HERE (audio + video) Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and us — see the …
Market As You Would Like To Be Marketed To
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding
By Emily Soccorsy + Justin Foster In our world, the most egregious violators of the Golden Rule are marketers. By in large, they do not market unto others as they …
Synthesis Episode 6: Kristin Romaine – Bringing Joy to Community Building
Filed Under: Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
EPISODE 5: Kristin Romaine LISTEN HERE (audio) Part I Part II Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and us …
3 Corporate Habits that Will Crush Your Entrepreneurial Spirit
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
We heart entrepreneurial people. We heart them wherever they may be, and whenever they might find us. In the last year, we’ve seen an increasing number of what we term …
Small Brands: Storytelling is Yours for the Taking
Filed Under: Story
6 Easy Steps to Creating a Storytelling Flow Storytelling — it’s one of the hottest buzzwords in marketing today. Everyone wants to tell stories, and do it in a way that gets …
