Simon Mainwaring

We First provides consulting and training to help companies tell the story of their good work in ways that build their business

Brands

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Strategically aligning with non-profit or for-profit partners has long-proven a successful way to break into new markets, access new consumers, or amplify and strengthen one’s own brand image. Today, we see industries and business models converging at ever-increasing speeds merging the lines between profit and purpose. Brand building by association, however, can have untended consequences […]

Strategically aligning with non-profit or for-profit partners has long-proven a successful way to break into new markets, access new consumers, or amplify and strengthen one’s own brand image. Today, we see industries and business models converging at ever-increasing speeds merging the lines between profit and purpose. Brand building by association, however, can have untended consequences …

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The marketing world is understandably enamored with Millennials, the generation born between the 1980’s and mid-2000’s. Their buying power and fluency with social media has made them critical to a brand’s bottom line and to leveraging today’s fast changing social technologies to amplify awareness, loyalty and sales. What few brands understand, however, is what makes …

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While many brands bemoan the fact that they now have to reach consumers across multiple social media channels, the wisest brands recognize this as an opportunity to inspire the people that buy their products to share their brand story and build their business. What these brands realize is that consumers want to work with brands …

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As more and more brands are recognizing the benefits of joining the sustainability conversation happening around the world, a critical first step is to look inwardly at your products or services before sharing externally purpose-driven positioning and communications. At the core, what you sell or offer is the most the fundamental representation and expression of …

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Each year ushers in new technology, new consumer expectations and new opportunities to share fresh thinking as a speaker. One of the great and often unseen benefits of speaking at so many events around the world is that you get to benefit from pattern recognition that is only possible because you are constantly hearing insights …

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Social media has given consumers unprecedented power and connectivity, transforming the role they can play in amplifying a brand’s story. Once a brand acknowledges this power, the strategies it needs to adopt to engage customers become readily apparent. One of the most important strategies is for brand’s to make customers the hero of the story, …

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