Renia (pronounced R-EE-n-a) Carsillo hates business silos and marketing hacks. So, she spends her days working with mid-size and small companies to integrate their business strategy with their impact strategy, design sustainable marketing frameworks, and find a growth cadence that works for their team and their lives. Renia believes founders are uniquely positioned to create a kinder, more equitable world. She is passionate about bringing C-level strategic support to the small and mid-size companies shaping their communities every day. Renia says, "Sustainable marketing is built on a solid business strategy. A solid business strategy is built on values-driven habits. Values-driven habits are built on healed/healing leaders. We can’t do these things separately. They’re all interconnected. ”
How to Realign Your Brand Strategy to Be Discoverable in the Age of AI [Two on Tuesdays]
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Happy Tuesday, Reader! Last week, we talked about how the typical channels for how people discover small businesses online have fundamentally changed. This week, let's dive into what you can actually do about it. In the age of AI, your brand’s distinctiveness is your superpower. Distinctiveness isn't about being completely unique or reinventing the wheel. It's about being consistently recognizable as you. Brand cohesiveness has always been important, but in a world where search is dominated by LLMs and social is dominated by AI-generated video, a tight and deeply connected brand voice is more critically important than ever. When your potential clients are scrolling through endless AI-generated content, your brand needs to cut through the noise immediately. That means every touchpoint, from your website to your social posts to your email signature, needs to feel unmistakably like you. Too many small business owners think brand strategy is just about picking pretty colors and fonts. But discoverability in the age of AI requires something much deeper. Adapting your brand strategy for this new landscape requires greater alignment with who you are.
Here are two ways to realign your brand strategy for an AI world: #1: Get disciplined about your visual elements. A comprehensive and effective brand strategy goes beyond logos, colors, and icons. Your photography, lighting for videos, social media graphic templates, what you wear (if you're on camera), and the general visual feel of your content need highly disciplined alignment. If you're not sure you're hitting your mark, try this: Create a Pinterest board with a few dozen of your recent images, blog posts, social posts, etc., all laid out in one place. If it doesn't look as tightly aligned as a Marvel movie ad campaign, there's work to be done. In the overwhelming noise of the moment, breaking through the clutter takes constant visual reinforcement with your brand's distinctive look. #2: Dive deeper into your brand framework. Beyond visuals, the specific language you use to talk about your way of working matters. Too many marketers have been so trained by 20 years of SEO-driven keyword strategies that they've forgotten (or never learned) how powerful distinctive brand frameworks can be. Standing out from the "sea of sameness" requires more distinct language—names, processes, and proprietary terms that are uniquely yours. For example, Do Better Business™, Do Better Digital™, and The Alignment Trinity™ are all terms that our community associates with our values-driven approach to business strategy. This distinctive language doesn't just describe what we do—it signals to our current and potential clients that we think differently about business growth. The goal isn't to be seen. The goal is to be remembered. When someone encounters your content, they should know it's from you before they even see your name. That's how you stay discoverable when algorithms change and AI floods the market. What can you do this week to strengthen your brand's distinctive presence? Until next time, P.S. - Brand strategy is about more than just logos and color palettes. Need to create your brand voice or framework terms? Our Brand Refresh Service can help.
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Renia Carsillo
Renia (pronounced R-EE-n-a) Carsillo hates business silos and marketing hacks. So, she spends her days working with mid-size and small companies to integrate their business strategy with their impact strategy, design sustainable marketing frameworks, and find a growth cadence that works for their team and their lives. Renia believes founders are uniquely positioned to create a kinder, more equitable world. She is passionate about bringing C-level strategic support to the small and mid-size companies shaping their communities every day. Renia says, "Sustainable marketing is built on a solid business strategy. A solid business strategy is built on values-driven habits. Values-driven habits are built on healed/healing leaders. We can’t do these things separately. They’re all interconnected. ”
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