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In this episode, Brian and Eric discuss the intersections of ministry, business, and personal vocation. Topics include the co-vocational and bi-vocational models for ministry, lessons pastors and business leaders can learn from each other, and the significance of viewing work as worship. They also reflect on the challenges and opportunities in integrating faith with professional life.
Buy Eric's book, Market Street Pastor
● The book guides ministry leaders to transition into marketplace jobs.
● It addresses ministry sustainability and reduces financial stress for pastors.
● It's based on Eric’s work with his coaching agency, I Help Pastors Get Jobs, which has supported pastors adapting to a co-vocational model.
Listen for more!
How can people connect with Eric Hoke?
● Visit IHelpPastorsGetJobs.com.
● Follow him on Twitter/X: @EricHoke
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In this episode of the Everybody Brands Podcast, Brian Sooy and guest Zach Hoskins discuss Zach's perspective on this idea: "Don’t just sell a product—sell a process. Help clients build a strategy that converts leads, nurtures relationships, and retains customers for life."
This episode is brought to you by Aespire, the branding and marketing agency for service companies.
What is your professional background?
What communities do you run?
What is your approach to client relationships?
Get your copy of the book, "Trade Secrets: Four Core Strategies to Maximize Value for Service Companies" in print, ebook, and audio formats. Tailored for a wide range of professionals, from home services to wealth management, this book breaks down complex branding concepts into accessible, actionable strategies that any small business owner can implement.
How do you balance team and client priorities?
How do you approach strategic planning for businesses?
What's your view on long-term planning?
How do you manage time and productivity?
How do you approach relationship building in business?
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Join business and brand strategist Brian Sooy for a conversation with Brett Baker, founder of VAUSA.
VAUSA is a virtual staffing agency with a mission to create meaningful jobs and community for military families by strategically building remote teams for faith and purpose-driven businesses.
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Everybody Brands is hosted by Brian Sooy, founder of Aespire Branding and Marketing, the agency that helps service companies unlock their potential through business and brand strategy. StoryBrand Certified.
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This brief episode introduces you to Trade Secrets: Four Core Strategies to Maximize Value for Service Companies by Brian Sooy, now available in audiobook format.
“Trade Secrets by Brian Sooy shouldn’t be secrets at all, yet most of us have never applied these practical, easy-to-understand ideas to optimize our businesses. Thanks, Brian, for making practical solutions so accessible!” – Donald Miller Author of Building a StoryBrand
Every service business needs a plan to consistently align its brand with its customers.
Enhance your Entrepreneur Operating System (EOS) or Business Made Simple implementation with four proven CORE strategies that build long-term brand value for any B2C or home services business.
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Over the last decade, nearly 1,000,000 people have searched for answers to questions about purpose, trust, branding, and messaging and found the answer on Aespire.com.
It's rare to find two organizations that align on common usage, definitions, and application of the principles of purpose, mission, vision, and values. In this episode, Brian unpacks each of these important principles of brand strategy and shares how a well-known company puts principles into practice.
Be sure to leave a five-star review for this podcast to help others find and enjoy it!
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We're changing the name of this podcast from “Everybody Brands,” to “The Extraordinary Strategist.”
If you're a listener or subscriber, you’re already member of The Society of Extraordinary Strategists.
I share interviews with marketplace leaders, you’ll hear my insights more when we publish, and maybe we will find some new music to celebrate our name change.
Thanks for listening and following. You can subscribe to receive our content directly in your inbox when we publish. Look for the link in the show notes or visit extraordinarystrategist.com. And, of course, please leave a five-star review!
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Tim Schurrer was the COO at StoryBrand, where he worked alongside Donald Miller, and in a previous role, he worked alongside one of my heroes, Steve Jobs. Tim just released his new book, “The Secret Society of Success: Stop Chasing the Spotlight and Learn to Enjoy Your Work (and Life) Again”
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Kate Volman is the CEO of Floyd Consulting. Kate and Brian Sooy talk about content, creativity, and repurposing so you can do more with the content you love to create.
Floyd Consulting believes an organization can only become the best version of itself to the extent that its people are becoming better versions of themselves. And in order to do that, you have to learn about your employee's dreams, what are the dreams that your team members have for their lives, and if you help them achieve their dreams, they're going show up at work differently and help you achieve the dreams of the organization.
We talk about books: "What's interesting about it is when you have the book, you've done the hard work, you've done the work of taking these big ideas, and communicating them in a way that people can kind of bite size, take it and actually understand what you're trying to say."
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It’s hard to know if you’re actually getting your marketing right. If you've ever felt this way, I’m so excited to share a brand new tool with you.
The StoryBrand Marketing Report is a new online business assessment that lets small business owners understand where their marketing plan is falling short and what it should look like.
Marketing does not have to be complicated and yes, it can work. Take the assessment and get your report now 👉 go.aespire.com/assessment
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“I’m Donald Miller, author of Building a StoryBrand. If you want to grow your company, call Brian Sooy and hire him as a marketing guide. You will not be sorry.“
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What's the secret to creating value, scaling, and growing your business? In this conversation with entrepreneur and author Blair Enns, we learn it’s not about doing more or better, and it may be about doing less.
Discover why growing your business requires more than good habits.
In this episode, I’m talking with Blair Enns from Win Without Pitching. Win Without Pitching is an organization that runs sales and new business development training programs for owners and employees of design firms, ad agencies, PR practices, and other creative businesses. A lot of what he talks about is also relevant for your business.
Blair is the author of the Win Without Pitching Manifesto, (a book I designed through my branding agency, Aespire) and Pricing Creativity: A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour (the second of Blair's books Aespire designed. I suppose you can say the agency is habit-forming).
Listen to hear the life-changing lesson Blair learned when he says, "Some lessons take me so long to learn, like the idea that other people could do what I do."
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Perceptions influence and determine how we experience the world. In this conversation with Rob Meyerson, the creator and podcast host of How Brands Are Built, we talk about how your brand name influences people, and how you manage expectations for all the decision-makers on your next naming project
Rob is the principal of the branding agency Heirloom, and the author of the new book, Brand Naming: The Complete Guide to Creating a Name for your Company, Product, or Service.
Listen to discover insights into the best practices and techniques you can find in Brand Naming, and the five key aspects of brand naming that every business owner, entrepreneur, or startup should know.
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As Brian celebrates the five-year anniversary of being a StoryBrand Certified Guide, he invites Dr. J.J. Peterson, Chief of Teaching and Facilitation at StoryBrand, for a conversation about storytelling, your customer journey, and how to tell a compelling brand story.
J.J. is the Host of the Marketing Made Simple podcast and co-author of the book, Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business.
StoryBrand is fantastic for short-term marketing and for helping companies create coherence and continuity for their long-term brand strategy. You can find success stories and examples of how companies achieve success when they work with Aespire to create long-term brand strategy and marketing that works with StoryBrand framework at Aespire.com.
You can find Dr. J. J. Peterson and learn more about the StoryBrand framework when you:
Brian Sooy is a leading dual-Certified Brand Strategist and StoryBrand Certified Guide.
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Tom Schwab believes, “Marketing at its heart is starting a conversation with someone who could be an ideal customer.”
So how do you start that conversation? If you can’t make it through the noise, how will you drive traffic and leads?
The answer is not to add to the noise but to speak directly to your dream customers. There is no easier or effective way than being featured on targeted podcast interviews they already listen to.
Tom Schwab is the Chief Evangelist Officer of Interview Valet, the most trusted partner in the podcast industry, and the leader in podcast interview marketing. Tom helps leading brands, coaches, consultants, and nonfiction authors build their brand and business with targeted podcast interviews.
Tom’s clients include culture, marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership, design, consulting, and management experts.
Tom says, “We’re all adding to the noise. Nobody’s getting heard. If you think you’re going to outyell your biggest competitor, it’s not going to happen. I believe that the best way to get heard is to get in on the conversation.”
“I’d say in most companies, the biggest problem today is obscurity. There are thousands, maybe 10s of thousands, perhaps even millions of people that would gladly buy your current product, version 1.0. Right. They’re praying for it right now. The only problem is they don’t know you exist.”
Here are some tips and insights to keep in mind if you think working with a podcast guest marketing service is suitable for your personal or business brand.
Connect with Tom Schwab from Interview Valet on LinkedIn.
Sign up to connect with your dream customers at InterviewValet.com
Check out the resources Interview Valet has for listeners at https://interviewvalet.com/brand/
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We all have a problem: We’re addicted to busyness. Busyness is a distraction that erodes our attention, drains our energy, and minimizes our effectiveness. Best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Jordan Raynor shares how we can overcome busyness and redeem our time.
Jordan Raynor is a serial entrepreneur and national bestselling author who helps Christians do their most exceptional work for the glory of God and the good of others. Through his books, podcast, and weekly devotionals, Jordan has helped millions of Christians in every single country connect the gospel to their work.
In addition to producing this content, Jordan serves as the executive chairman of Threshold 360, a venture-backed tech startup that has built the world’s most extensive library of 360° experiences of hotels, restaurants, and attractions.
Time is the one resource we never seem to have enough of. Once it’s gone — it’s gone! We can earn more money, but we can never gain any more time. So who can show us how to make the most of our time?
The gospels don’t show Jesus walking around with a to-do list or a calendar. But they do show him dealing with distractions at work, fighting for solitude, and seeking to be busy without being hurried.
The gospel biographies show Jesus facing many of the same challenges we face today as we seek to steward our limited time. And because he was infallible God, we can assume that Jesus managed his time perfectly, providing us with the ideal model to follow.
In Jordan’s new book, Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive, Jordan shows you 7 timeless time management principles from the life of Christ and 31 hyper-practical practices to help you live out those principles today.
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Everybody Brands gives you insight into branding and brand strategy that helps you focus on your customers and empowers you to outmaneuver your competition so you can achieve your company goals and grow your business.
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Brand owners and marketers can learn a lot from... wait for it... recovering ministry professionals.
Why are people drawn to brands that demonstrate credibility and trust? We might not have all the answers, but we talk about that question and more in this conversation between Jake Zufelt and Brand Strategist Brian Sooy.
Jake is the founder of Weldwood Marketing, an agency that specializes in marketing for Realtors. If you're a realty professional, you've got to hear what he has to say about how you market your business.
It's not much different than what we say at Aespire. If you're a frequent listener, you'll know what we say. If not — listen now — for an insight that everybody who brands and markets their business needs to practice.
We throw in the usual references to music, too.
Find Jake at Weldwood Marketing.
Get a poster of the 12 principles from the Aespire Brand Clarity Credo and a year’s worth of practices you can apply to your brand and business when you signup for the Clarity Credo at claritycredo.com
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Not content to leave a pile of brand myths unkicked in the middle of the road, Andy Starr, Managing Partner of Level C, and Brian Sooy, Brand Strategist and Founder of Aespire Brands ask (and answer) questions about brand and branding.
This episode of the Everybody Brands podcast is Part Two of an extended conversation with Andy Starr, Managing Partner of Level C.
Andy Starr is the managing partner of Level C, an education program teaching principles of modern brand to business professionals. Andy co-founded Level C and with international brand expert and author Marty Neumeier.
Andy calls himself a "provocateur-for-hire" at the intersection of education, business, and brand. He helps clients outmaneuver competition and conditions in their markets, and make marketing|advertising|PR|content work better, land stronger, and drive real results.
Because he's a provocateur, you can understand why I invited Andy for a conversation about brand and business on the Everybody Brands podcast. We mention Dune, Marty Neumeier, and make a connection between the practice of brandind and music that you don’t want to miss.
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Brian Sooy is the only dual-certified Level C Brand Strategist and StoryBrand Guide. He is the author of multiple books on brand, communications, and culture, and the agency principal of the Aespire Brands Agency.
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What is brand? What is branding? Why does it matter?
This episode of the Everybody Brands podcast is Part One of an extended conversation with Andy Starr, Managing Partner of Level C.
“We believe that the brand is defined by and owned by you. Branding is what we do what I as the owner of the business, it's what I do to influence you.”
Andy Starr is the managing partner of Level C, an education program teaching principles of modern brand to business professionals. Andy co-founded Level C and with international brand expert and author Marty Neumeier.
Andy calls himself a "provocateur-for-hire" at the intersection of education, business, and brand. He helps clients outmaneuver competition and conditions in their markets, and make marketing|advertising|PR|content work better, land stronger, and drive real results.
Because he's a provocateur, you can understand why I invited Andy for a conversation about brand and business on the Everybody Brands podcast.
Brian Sooy is the only dual-certified Level C Brand Strategist and StoryBrand Guide. He is the author of multiple books on brand, communications, and culture, and the agency principal of the Aespire Brands Agency.
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In this episode of the Everybody Brands podcast, we’re talking with Merrell Sheehan, the Vice President of Marketing, and Cole Godsey, Marketing Manager at Electronic Merchant Systems about how a B2B brand wins trust and earns customer loyalty through exemplary customer service and transparency (with a technique many businesses can do).
Connect with Merrell Sheehan or Cole Godsey on LinkedIn
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Stephanie Owens is a Certified Brand Strategist and the founder of Gold Sheep Design, a collaborative branding and design studio based in Southern California that helps musicians and instrument makers grow crowds of super fans by cranking their brands to 11.
In Part 2 of this two-part episode, we talk about how any business can crank their brand to 11..
Stephanie is a self-described Introverted rocker helping musicians grow crowds of super fans by cranking their brands to 11.
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Build a brand that inspires your fans to listen, trust, and buy with Certified Brand Specialist and StoryBrand Certified Guide Brian Sooy from Aespire, the brand agency that helps family-lead business and ESOPs implement the StoryBrand framework. You can build a beloved brand that engages customers, reduce sales costs, and grow revenue when you work with Aespire.
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Stephanie Owens is a Certified Brand Strategist and the founder of Gold Sheep Design, a collaborative branding and design studio based in Southern California that helps musicians and instrument makers grow crowds of super fans by cranking their brands to 11.
In part one of this two-part episode, we talk about how businesses in the music world can crank their brand to 11.
She's a self-described Introverted rocker helping musicians grow crowds of super fans by cranking their brands to 11.
Get to know Stephanie at
Build a brand that inspires your fans to listen, trust, and buy with Certified Brand Specialist and StoryBrand Certified Guide Brian Sooy from Aespire, the brand agency that helps people implement the StoryBrand framework and build beloved brands that engage customers, reduce sales costs, and grow revenue.
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