Authentic Brand serves growing organizations (generally $5M – $100M in revenue) who need increased marketing proficiency to drive sales, and who are ready to make marketing a sustained, strategic, sales-aligned aspect of their business. For these companies, we become an extension of the organization, providing services including: Fractional and Interim CMOs to Coaching and Flex Advisory support.
We help our clients develop their marketing positioning, processes, team, and tools so that they are well-equipped to drive sustainable growth well into the future. We do this through our unique approach, which is powered by: Marketers, Methodology & Mindshare.
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Daneen Kiger, Global Marketing and Brand Leader, Joins Authentic Brand as Fractional CMO & Consultant
Passionate about helping organizations and their people achieve peak performance, Kiger’s background includes leadership roles in healthcare/medical devices, retail/eCommerce, and software/tech sectors.
Let’s get strategic — Leveraging social media to advance your business
It’s hard to believe that YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram were all launched within the last 15 years. As consumers, we’ve quickly become accustomed to social media being the first place we turn to engage with the brands we love. Given how embedded social media is within consumers’ day-to-today lives, these channels have also become one of the best ways for brands to reach their audiences.
How to build brand trust using social media in an era of distrust
It’s no secret that how much a person trusts a brand impacts whether they’ll purchase from it. Sixty-seven percent of respondents to the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer said they’d buy a product from a company with a good reputation, but also said, “unless I come to trust the company behind the product, I will soon stop buying it.”
How to strike a balance between innovation and perfection in marketing
There’s a delicate balance between progress and perfection in marketing. When businesses strive for perfection, decision-by-consensus slows or stalls efforts. Innovative products, campaigns, and services never make it to market or a competitor launches their offering first, diluting your offering and investments. On the flip side, there’s a risk of moving too quickly and promising something that the business can’t deliver on or launching something that doesn’t meet customers’ needs.
Focus, fear, and flexibility — why they matter to 2020 business growth
We’re halfway through 2020, one of the most multi-faceted years in our lifetimes. As businesses look to the second half of the year, they’re scrambling to adapt their go-to-market approach to navigate the disruptive economic environment. They’re asking tough questions about their relevance in this new market and whether their product or service needs to change. They’re looking for new opportunities to grow.
The lesson that businesses will learn this year is one that has always been true. Focus is critical for sustained growth.
Agility: an essential ingredient for brand relevance in a changing world
We are quickly approaching mid-year, and business leaders everywhere are thinking about how they move forward in an undefined new world. Whether a business has been booming, shuttered, or stalled, the second half of 2020 is going to be monumental in separating companies that will thrive from those that will merely survive.
Activating your service plan to genuinely support stakeholders [SERVE•ival Part 3]
The rapidly-evolving nature of a crisis requires marketing and communication teams to stay nimble by listening carefully to their key stakeholders, adapting quickly, and leaning more purposefully into the turns. Crises are a time when showing up in the service of your customers, employees, and communities matters. Businesses must consider how they can best serve their stakeholders during these times.
Allocating your resources in the right direction [SERVE•ival Part Two]
Crises often put businesses in one of two scenarios. They are either suddenly thrust into survival mode or, in some cases, the disruption of the crisis creates a growth opportunity. Regardless of how a crisis impacts a business, marketing and communication teams need to be ready to strategically allocate resources in the right direction, make quick decisions, and communicate clearly and frequently.
Assessing your brand’s opportunity to serve [SERVE•ival – Part One]
When crises hit that disrupt life for businesses and communities, marketing and communication teams must react quickly and strategically to determine the best path forward for the brand. If marketing teams choose the wrong path, they risk coming off as careless, disingenuous, and opportunistic.
Own your brand — Why you need to invest more in the marketing channels you control
Every business, no matter its size, type, or revenue, has limited resources to direct toward marketing. Unlimited marketing budgets don’t exist, and that’s especially the case for the small to midsize businesses we work with at Authentic Brand. When resources are limited, it’s critical that a company invests in creating brand value through its owned marketing assets (e.g., website, blog, content). These assets are essential to building marketing programs that deliver returns.
Podcast: Jennifer Zick featured on Twin Cities Wellness Collective
Jennifer Zick, CEO and Founder of Authentic Brand, joined Twin Cities Wellness Collective podcast host, Alex Morrall, to share her journey to starting Authentic Brand, how to eliminate random acts of marketing, and prioritize our best ideas.
Guiding your brand and stakeholders through times of uncertainty
We are living through unprecedented times as we face the COVID-19 crisis. Businesses of all types are experiencing significant disruptions that force them to re-think their entire go to market strategy and approach. Our CMOs came together to provide their best advice on what to do right now to guide your business and brand forward.