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Mastering Brand Packaging Strategy: Solve Your Customer’s Problems and Grow Your Business
Kim Marie McKernan Kim Marie McKernan

Mastering Brand Packaging Strategy: Solve Your Customer’s Problems and Grow Your Business

"Mastering Brand Packaging Strategy" emphasizes the critical role of effective packaging in scaling businesses and transforming how customers perceive value. It demystifies the concept of brand packaging strategy as a method to clearly define and present services in a way that solves customer problems and appeals to their needs.

The blog highlights the importance of aligning offerings with customer needs to differentiate, build loyalty, and simplify decision-making. By leveraging methods like the “Problem-to-be-Solved” framework, segmenting offerings into manageable tiers, and involving customers in the branding process, businesses can create compelling solutions that resonate. The strategy also helps align internal operations, engage employees, and focus on meaningful work, ultimately fostering better customer relationships and creating an aligned team. Strong packaging transforms external brand perception and enhances internal performance, driving overall growth and success.

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Aligning Strategy and Action with Positive Creativity
Kim Marie McKernan Kim Marie McKernan

Aligning Strategy and Action with Positive Creativity

Transformational strategies start with collaboration and creativity. The CHC-Burlington case study shows how co-creation can drive meaningful change, turning ideas into action and fostering trust at every level. By making every voice count, they unlocked innovation and built a plan that inspired and engaged their entire organization. Want to learn how to apply these strategies in your own work? Check out this blog post to discover how Positive Creativity can help you align your team’s aspirations with real, impactful results.

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Unlock the Power of Marketing Collectives: Insights for Leaders Ready to Grow - Part 2
Kim Marie McKernan Kim Marie McKernan

Unlock the Power of Marketing Collectives: Insights for Leaders Ready to Grow - Part 2

Are you open to leveraging external expertise to grow your business, or are you a Do-it-Yourselfer? CEOs, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders ready to scale now have a new option. A Marketing Collective is a dynamic team tailored to your unique needs without the commitment and overhead of full-time hires.

Last month, we explored the transformative potential of Marketing Collectives, an agile model that gives CEOs, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders access to top-tier marketing expertise on demand. This innovative approach empowers you to assemble a dynamic team tailored to your unique needs without the commitment and overhead of full-time hires.

In this follow-up, we explore how marketing collectives work and why they can be game-changers for businesses seeking growth. From leveraging diverse talents and filling skill gaps to driving creativity and innovation, marketing collectives offer unmatched advantages for today’s leaders.

You'll discover:

  • Five compelling reasons to leverage a collective to take your marketing to the next level.

  • Insights from experience with collectives like Inspired Outcomes Now and Conscious Marketing Collective.

  • Actionable advice on ensuring your collective aligns with your values, goals, and ROI expectations.

If you’re ready to go beyond DIY marketing and unlock the power of collective intelligence, this article is for you.

Read the full article to explore this bold new approach to marketing and discover how it can help your business thrive.

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Go Beyond DIY Marketing: Embrace the Collective Advantage - Part 1
Kim Marie McKernan Kim Marie McKernan

Go Beyond DIY Marketing: Embrace the Collective Advantage - Part 1

In today’s fast-paced world, DIY marketing can no longer keep up. The increasing complexity of marketing demands expertise across strategy, branding, SEO, content creation, and more. The skills and knowledge required are far beyond the capacity of any one person. Consider a new option: Marketing Collectives. These agile teams of independent experts collaborate with you to deliver tailored, high-impact solutions.

By leveraging collective intelligence, CEO, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders can access specialized expertise on demand, create strategies to achieve growth, and focus on what they do best while the collective drives results. This is the future of marketing. Are you ready to embrace it?

Let’s move beyond DIY. Together, we can create the excellence your business deserves.

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Does Your Brand Set You Apart? 
Kim Marie McKernan Kim Marie McKernan

Does Your Brand Set You Apart? 

The marketing goals for most entrepreneurs are:

  1. Stand out from all others in your field

  2. Appeal to loyal, repeat customers

  3. Attract customers you love to work with

A consistent and authentic brand is one of the best tools for achieving all three successfully over the long term. Yet, many entrepreneurs struggle with a brand that does not differentiate them. Sometimes, the owner’s vision does not come to life in the marketing text or visuals. Maybe your customers perceive it as too generic and lacking authenticity, a typical problem with AI-generated text.

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Do Your Customers Welcome Your Marketing? 
Kim Marie McKernan Kim Marie McKernan

Do Your Customers Welcome Your Marketing? 

Marketing has an image problem. For too long, it has been associated with tactics that pressure people to buy things they don’t need. Digital marketing can take the form of spam or those annoying, hard-pressure sales tactics on YouTube. We have become experts in identifying questionable LinkedIn messages about services designed to get hundreds of leads in your inbox.

Fortunately, there is a proven way to market that your customers will welcome. Be a true brand.

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