• December 13, 2019
  • ROOT + RIVER

How Do I Do Big Marketing With A Small Team?

As the director of marketing, you are one person. You are one person who acts as the chief mouthpiece, the brilliant broadcaster and the tenacious town crier for your big …

2019 Marketing Strategy
  • November 19, 2018
  • ROOT + RIVER

Ungrateful about marketing?

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Marketing is a little bit like a Rodney Dangerfield quote. It can’t get no respect. Everybody in the business wants great marketing and basically nobody wants to do great marketing. …

In the New Year we resolve
  • December 28, 2017
  • ROOT + RIVER

A Very Different Kind of New Year’s Resolution…

New Year’s resolutions are lame.  For the most part, anyway. They are generally some in-the-moment super important idea abandoned as quickly as a battery-less toy on Christmas morning. But setting …

Giving away something priceless
  • November 05, 2017
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How do I monetize my talents?

Hi Hurray! You’ve realized we’re not just nutty spiritualists waiting for the clouds to part and money to fall like a tender rain. We are unabashed capitalists. Free marketeers. Supporters …

Compassion statement
  • November 04, 2017
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Compassion makes branding better

You might not think compassion has much to do with branding. We don’t like to disagree. Actually, that’s not true. We do like to disagree. (See what we did there?) …

About me
  • October 22, 2017
  • ROOT + RIVER

I’m ready to tell my story. Where do I start?

First, congratulations to you. You’ve discovered the work that’s behind you is not the work that’s in front of you. It’s not your life’s work. It’s not what lies at …

Emily on Inner Work
  • September 22, 2017
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Inner Work: A Crucial Building Block for Modern-Day Brands

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We often say, “start at the root.” When a leader looks inward to build their brand, he or she is doing the work that most haven’t dared to do. By …