This is your go-to stream for clear, strategic thinking on how to grow your brand with intention. Whether you’re refining your positioning, clarifying your message, or figuring out why your marketing isn’t landing, you’ll find practical insights here to help you stand out and scale up.
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You Can’t Stick to the Plan Unless You Make One
You can’t stick to the plan unless you make one. Why planning—not tactics—is the missing link between goals, strategy, and real momentum.
That’s a Wrap on 2025: A Decade In, The Year By The Numbers
Reflecting on a decade in business, this 2025 year-in-numbers recap shares insights, client work, lessons learned, and what’s ahead for 2026.
Your Brand Needs a Purpose: How to Define It and Why It Matters
Mission, vision, values, and positioning statements are the most widely recognized strategic tools used to define a company’s business, strategic objectives, and overall approach to reach those objectives. Another less frequently recognized strategic statement that many companies neglect to employ is the Purpose statement.
Momentum Is the Strategy: How Small Habits Build Big Brands
Success in branding and business isn’t about big breakthroughs — it’s about showing up, day after day, and doing the work that builds momentum. From sales and networking to marketing and referrals, consistency beats complexity every time. Here’s how small, steady habits create big results for solopreneurs and small businesses.
Paid, Earned, Shared, Owned: The PESO Media Mix That Builds Brands
Paid, earned, shared, and owned media make up the core mix of modern brand marketing. When these four channels work together, they create visibility, credibility, and long-term growth—helping small businesses and solopreneurs build stronger brands.
Seven Ways We Can Help You Build a Smarter, More Referable Brand
From focused strategic clarity and in-depth research to ongoing advisory and brand execution, here are the primary ways we strengthen positioning, decision-making, and long-term growth.
Is your brand Holding you back?
Take this 15-minute brand clarity assessment and discover what’s holding your business back—so you can fix it fast.
Getting Mission, Vision and Values Right
The Vision, Mission, and Values statements guide the behaviors of people in an organization. The Vision statement describes where the organization wants to be in the future; the Mission statement describes what the organization needs to do now to achieve the Vision.
Choosing The Right Logo For Your Business
A logo is a powerful visual representation of your company. It forms an impression that...
A Guide To Responsive Logos
To provide a comprehensive user experience across multiple mediums, a true responsive design isn’t limited to context or shrinking content on a page. Subtle design considerations, such as the icons and logos should also be flexible enough to follow similar contextual responsive principles.
How Flexible Is Your Logo?
An advantage of marketing a small business is the flexibility to try new strategies to grow your business.
Though you may be flexible enough to try new marketing tactics to grow your business is your logo?