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 Strategy When You're Overflowing With Possibilities [Two on Tuesdays]
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Happy Tuesday, Reader! This week, we’re discussing what The Alignment Trinity™ looks like for The Crossover Sensation Brand Archetype. We've covered three other archetypes in this series: The Fully-Booked Cover Band, The Indie Artist, and The Solo Act. Not sure which Brand Archetype best describes you?
Businesses are facing uncertainty right now, but the Crossover Sensation was built for this moment. If you're a Crossover Sensation, innovation flows through everything you do. You naturally juggle multiple ventures and opportunities, thriving on the excitement of launching something new. Here's where it gets tricky: Your growing team can't keep pace with your visionary momentum. Instead of spending time in your creative sweet spot—developing breakthrough concepts and steering company direction—you find yourself buried in operational tasks that drain your innovative energy. Embrace the Possibilities of Today’s Technology—It’s Time to Play! The key point to remember: Of all the archetypes, you're the most comfortable with change, pivots, and big, bold new ideas. This is your superpower—especially right now when AI is rapidly shifting the business landscape. Your natural comfort with innovation makes you uniquely positioned to intentionally integrate AI tools into your operations while others are still hesitating. This isn't about jumping on every tech trend—it's about strategically leveraging your adaptability advantage. Here are two ways for the Crossover Sensation to leverage AI to realign your strategy this summer. Alignment Trinity Tool #1: Invest Intentional Energy Into Local PR The way consumers search for products and services is changing fast with AI-driven search, and you're uniquely positioned to get ahead of this shift. Focus on intentional local PR: news coverage, mentions by local trusted organizations like Chambers of Commerce or Community Colleges, and other earned media in your area. Your comfort with pivots and multiple business ideas naturally generates the kind of community-connected energy that generates these opportunities. Leaning into this now creates bigger returns than most digital investments—and it's perfectly aligned with your polymathic approach to business. Alignment Trinity Tool #2: Start Experimenting With AI Agents Sign up for ChatGPT Business (the most accessible of the closed tools for most small companies) and begin building custom agents for one or two of your most critical, clearest needs. For companies with solid brand guidelines, we recommend Brand Bots to support on-voice marketing and sales efforts. Another effectively meaningful place to leverage an AI agent is developing a customer service or technical resource for your team (not for the public). This isn't about replacing human creativity—it's about amplifying your natural ability to see opportunities and act on them quickly. For the Crossover Sensation, sustainable success means channeling your creative energy through systems that support multiple initiatives without overwhelming your team. Strategic summer realignment positions you to turn your natural adaptability into a competitive advantage. Until next time, P.S. - Ready to lean into your natural tendency to create new things and chase sideways experiences? Dive into what you could do with AI for your business. Here are a few ideas from us to get your creative wheels turning. |
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. ”
Happy Tuesday, Reader! There's something magical that happens when you get offsite with your team. When you remove yourself from the daily distractions—the emails, the "quick questions," the endless interruptions—something shifts. You remember why you started this business in the first place. You reconnect with your team as humans, not just coworkers. And you finally have the space to think strategically about what's next. That's why I'm excited to announce our 2026 Fall Strategy Retreats....
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