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Discovering Your Company’s “True North”

Discovering Your Company’s “True North”

As entrepreneurs, we sometimes lose sight of our purpose and direction as we become more embedded in the daily tasks of keeping our business going. The danger in this is that we can easily get off course and start to wander in directions that do nothing to move our company forward. For this reason, we should stop and take time to discover our “true north.”   The true north of your business is the absolute heart of what you do. It is the purpose and reason behind why you started the company in the first place. Sit down and think back to when that first inkling of a business idea popped into your mind. What did you want to accomplish with this business? Once you have that in mind, picture your business as it is today. Do you see and feel those core values shining through? Are you still heading in the...

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Marketing beyond words

Marketing Beyond Words

There is an idea in marketing that is easy to get lost and often can fall through the cracks whenever we start to work on a new campaign and when we focus too much on the message and not enough on the story. It is the idea of reaching your target audience in a way that connects emotionally, authentically, and in a lasting way. Too often we are worried about getting the words just right, but is that perfectly crafted phrase hitting the mark and truly telling the story?   They may forget what you said- but they’ll never forget how you made them feel. ~ Carl W. Buehner   So much of the story is under the surface, if you share just the features and benefits, will your market remember?  You told them the what and the how, but did you tell them the why?   Every storyteller knows the importance of showing, conveying by...

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