Do good in the world … the rest is logistics.
Filed Under: Humanistic Marketing
In many ways, marketing is doing more harm than good in the world. It creates false need where there may not be need. It prays upon lack and scarcity. It …
How to Understand the Emotional Needs of Your Audience
Filed Under: Humanistic Marketing, Intrinsic Branding, Marketing
Branding is an emotional journey. Your brand is how other people experience what you believe. By understanding and being tuned into the emotions of your audience, you can design a …
How Do I Do Big Marketing With A Small Team?
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Marketing, Social Media, Story, 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 …
Rethinking Branding in the Age of Reimagined Capitalism
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Marketing
By Emily Soccorsy + Justin Foster One of the greatest pains of modern thinking is our addiction to dualism. While we are used to seeing this us-versus-them, black-or-white approach in …
You Don’t Need a Marketing Agency
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Marketing, Social Media
By Emily Soccorsy + Justin Foster Small business owners are in a bit of a conundrum when it comes to marketing. You can either do it yourself or bring in …
Ungrateful about marketing?
Filed Under: Marketing
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. …
You’re in charge of marketing, right? No. You’re not.
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
There’s this paradox about being responsible for the marketing of an organization: You are “in charge” of the brand and at the same time, you are not in charge of …
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 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 …
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 …
Synthesis Episode 5: Elijah May on the Human Experience
Filed Under: Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
EPISODE 5: Elijah May LISTEN HERE (video + audio) Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and us — see the …
Amor Fati and Your Brand
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
As humans we love to quantify. Predict. Determine. Forecast. Around 300,000 years ago (when we as a human race began) predicting, determining and developing and sharing systems of knowing provided …
