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The crucial move: slowing down to speed up
The crucial move: slowing down to speed up

With your clarified purpose as your North Star, you can accelerate speed to market. All the while knowing that you won’t be circling back to those decisions in a month or two because they were out of sync with who you are.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaAugust 8, 2019Purpose, Big Audacious Meaning
Take your brand from acknowledged to adored
Take your brand from acknowledged to adored

You'll find your brand spending less time talking at people and more time really connecting with what's relevant and meaningful to them.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaAugust 1, 2019Brand, Branding, Big Audacious Meaning
The most meaningful thing your brand can do
The most meaningful thing your brand can do

When it comes to your brand, it's no longer about what we want to say. It's about what they want to hear.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJuly 25, 2019Brand Strategy, Branding
For your brand. For your business. Love is your strategic advantage
For your brand. For your business. Love is your strategic advantage

When we talk about a great brand, we refer to it as being “loved”. Coincidence? I think not.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJuly 18, 2019Branding, Brand Strategy
The most powerful branding guidance I received came from mom
The most powerful branding guidance I received came from mom

The most magical thing may just be that any brand can do this. Just ask the question my mom (and maybe your mom, too) asked.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJuly 11, 2019Brand Strategy, Branding
5 mustn’t miss posts on pursuing a brand purpose
5 mustn’t miss posts on pursuing a brand purpose

We are homing in on what constitutes a purpose-driven brand. These 5 posts from the previous month provide insightful guidance for our journey toward purpose.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJuly 4, 2019Brand Purpose, Branding, Marketing
Data is devouring your drama
Data is devouring your drama

The great thing about us crazy humans is that we come with a valuable opportunity for you. We can be entertained. We can be moved. We can be inspired.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJune 27, 2019Brand
3 proven steps to nailing your brand voice
3 proven steps to nailing your brand voice

Great brands have a well-defined voice. It can seem almost effortless in how it comes to life in all they say and do. But it doesn’t happen magically.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJune 19, 2019Brand, Brand Strategy
Without a unifying idea, you're punching your one-way ticket to brand oblivion.
Without a unifying idea, you're punching your one-way ticket to brand oblivion.

It’s too easy to tell ourselves that we have something special because we have a mission statement. But until we really make it mean something to those we hope to serve, we're just talking to ourselves.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJune 13, 2019Brand Meaning
5 words that will make your brand irresistible
5 words that will make your brand irresistible

We are all drawn to meaningful brand promises. Because they help us imagine a better version of ourselves. And they show us you're willing to put something on the line to help us achieve that.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaJune 6, 2019Brand, Brand Promise
A medieval idea that can surprisingly transform your brand
A medieval idea that can surprisingly transform your brand

By using this exercise, we move from simply redecorating our brand to transforming it. To creating an evolved manifestation that captures the meaning and aspiration that will engage the minds and hearts of those we hope to serve.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMay 30, 2019Branding
This is how your brand story becomes magical
This is how your brand story becomes magical

When you live your brand story, it becomes truly remarkable. And something wonderful happens. People start to tell the story for you. That’s when things get magical.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMay 22, 2019Brand Story, Big Audacious Meaning
Brand ninja tip: stop talking about your brand.
Brand ninja tip: stop talking about your brand.

Talk about what your brand does for those you hope to serve. As it has been said, people don't buy your brand – they buy what your brand helps them become.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMay 15, 2019Brand
If your purpose is distracting, you're doing it wrong
If your purpose is distracting, you're doing it wrong

From recruiting and retention to customer acquisition and loyalty, a genuine purpose has the potential to transform an organization. Does that sound distracting?

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMay 8, 2019Purpose, Big Audacious Meaning
Here's where the story gets good.
Here's where the story gets good.

Some may be satisfied with a serviceable brand story. Then there are others that see a greater possibility. If that's you, then lean into your Big Audacious Meaning. Because the story is about to get good.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMay 1, 2019Big Audacious Meaning
5 mustn't-miss posts for unleashing a brand purpose.
5 mustn't-miss posts for unleashing a brand purpose.

A round up of posts that point to the power of a brand purpose and the transformative effect it can have on organizations.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaApril 24, 2019Brand Purpose
Take that magical extra step with your brand story
Take that magical extra step with your brand story

Stop defining yourself by what you do, but rather by what you do for those you hope to serve. In the process, You’ll develop a deeper relevance to those you engage. More importantly, you’ll make the leap to becoming irresistible.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaApril 17, 2019Brand Story, Big Audacious Meaning
Want your brand to be indispensable? Do these 2 things.
Want your brand to be indispensable? Do these 2 things.

Imagine no longer hoping people will tolerate our brand so that we hopefully have the chance to try and engage them. Imagine, instead, them looking forward to what we have to share.

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Brand storytellingDan SalvaApril 10, 2019Branding, Storytelling
Transform your brand by changing who you talk about.
Transform your brand by changing who you talk about.

To be irresistible, we don't have to invent something magical about ourselves. We simply need to understand the irresistible aspirations of those we hope to serve. And then serve them.

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Brand storytellingDan SalvaApril 3, 2019Brand, Brand Strategy
Savvy businesses know the profit-boosting secret of embracing a purpose
Savvy businesses know the profit-boosting secret of embracing a purpose

It's too easy to portray purpose as something that only non-profits or social enterprises pursue. So too many businesses write it off. But the savvy ones know its secret.

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Strategic innovationDan SalvaMarch 27, 2019Purpose, Big Audacious Meaning
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