Category: Brand Communications and Optics Strategist Loren Weisman

Posts, episodes and resources published under the name of Loren Weisman, brand communications and optics strategist. Messaging, optics, compliance and liability, vetting, and artificial intelligence in business communication. His views are written out in full rather than summarized, so a reader can look at them before deciding whether any of it applies to them.

  • Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes: Considerations for Branding, Communication and Marketing

    Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes: Considerations for Branding, Communication and Marketing


    Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes: Considerations for Branding, Communication and Marketing


    To get a little more of an idea of me, where I come from, what I believe and how I work… I am sharing 100 of my quotes from the last few decades that have appeared either in some of my books, on my website or articles. I hope this gives you a sense of me, my views and my approach. Here’s to hoping you might find one or two of them helpful. I hope some of these quotes can be a resource you return to whenever you need a boost in mindset or strategy.


    Ten Themes of the Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes: Broke these quotes out into the ten themes or topics below…

    Foundations of Brand Messaging & Strategy Authenticity, Authority & Differentiation Storytelling and Content Creation Messaging, Delivery and Engagement Clarity, Truth and Professionalism Personal and Professional Growth Integrity, Honor and Ethics Communication, Respect and Relationships Optics, Perception and Social Media Endurance, Harvest and Long-Term Vision


    Foundations of Brand Messaging and Strategy Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    1. The foundation of transparent messaging is often framed by your words, your story and your actions. Consider making them strong, true, authentic and yours.

    2. I believe in the discovery, validity and security of a brand and its messaging being built on a foundation that is stabilized for enduring growth. Regardless of the field or product, when these key elements are reviewed and addressed, the accountability, authenticity and authority can shine that much brighter.

    3. For me, a first step, with any business, venture or visionary is to bring them through a personalized organizational strategy plan in order to create the right foundation for all to be built on or corrected.

    4. Perceptions, comparisons, compliance and connotations of the messaging and optics of a brand can matter a great deal. Consider taking the time to choose a sound foundation for the name, the content and the tone for a secure, stable and persevering performance.

    5. Consider focusing on your messaging before you focus on your marketing. A skip to marketing when the messaging is not in place, can create more expensive marketing costs, confusion with the public and their perceptions as well as a lack of continuity and clarity.

    6. I think the messaging has to come before the marketing and the discovery of the brand. This can allow the foundation of what it will be built on, to be understood as much as possible by as many people as possible.

    7. I believe Messaging isn’t marketing. To me, Messaging comes before marketing.

    8. When marketing is not grounded in a foundation of authentic messaging with authority, integrity and ability, it can end up costing worlds more, saying worlds less and sounding the same as so many others.

    9. Shortcuts on the foundation of your discovery, compliance, brand, website, uniformity, competitive, comparative as well as your core messaging are a dangerous and often become the most costly route to go.

    10. Premature promotion and distribution before professional protection and organization can lead to loss of control, ownership and profits. Consider creating the sound foundation before you start building the floors above it.

    11. Consider building your foundation so strong and secure that everything placed on top of it can be supported and set up to thrive and succeed that much more.

    12. Brand before liftoff. For the best launch, the farthest reach, and the most results, consider building the brand foundation and fueling it while it is still on the launching pad. In many cases, designing a brand after you take off is like fueling a rocket after its lifted off.

    13. When you run across the operational touch points, the strategic touch points, the core time frames, and the messaging simultaneously; It can allow for a sound foundation to be heard above the unison and harmonies of so many others saying the exact same thing at the same time.

    14. Consider Discovery and blueprinting before building… Messaging before marketing… And engaging before selling.


    Authenticity, Authority and Differentiation Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    15. The authenticity in your story, the authority in your delivery and the personalization of your presentation can make you that much more real and able to reach that many more people.

    16. Authenticity in the direction, delivery, authorship and performance of a business or brand can create a greater path of awareness, presence and profit.

    17. I believe that mostly authentic is impossible. You are authentic or you are not.

    18. The authenticity in your story, the authority in your delivery and the personalization of your presentation may help you appear that much more real.

    19. Consider exchanging the claims, promises and guarantees for authentic, humble and engaging content.

    20. Consider nourishing your audience with authentic content that highlights your authority instead of feeding them junk click bait in attempts to grow a false popularity.

    21. No one can create your brand for you. No one can create your story for you. To be authentically created, this has to be done with you, not for you.

    22. If you say the same things as everyone else… share the same links as everyone else… post the same quotes as everyone else… and put up the same pictures as everyone else… Why should anyone think you are any different than everyone else?

    23. If you are… saying the same things as everyone else… sharing the same links as everyone else… posting the same quotes as everyone else… and putting up the same pictures as everyone else… Why should anyone think you are any different than everyone else?

    24. Consider being drawn to individuals showcasing and sharing authenticity, authority, experience and knowledge, while being less concerned with who someone is standing next to.

    25. Amplify with your authority instead of constantly shouting only publicity. A sell only goes so far. Your experience, knowledge and authenticity can create the endurance to engage and sustain a connection.Your mistakes aren't learning experiences if you aren't learning from them.

    Your mistakes aren’t learning experiences if you aren’t learning from them.


    Storytelling and Content Creation Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    26. There are hundreds of ways to tell a story and thousands of ways to tell different parts of a story. Still, be sure you have your story and the foundation of its messaging solid, situated and clear before bringing it to a public containing a large number of people with short attention spans that tends to read only headlines.

    27. Spread your story and messaging out, over time, and over different types of media in short segments that invite people to learn more with out force.

    28. Creating authentic messaging with your story allows for the strategy, products, and security to come together correctly and create a melody that may be heard over the same old harmonies sung by everyone else when they use hype scripts instead of true life.

    29. In painting a palette with a wide array of information, before painting the picture of your brand… it can allow for the tone, temperature and clarity of your brand, messaging and process architecture to all come together in harmony at the same time.

    30. By thinking about gearing the message across the existing customer, the familiar with you but has not converted person and the individual that has no idea who you are… (your three audiences) with the same content, you may be able to build a greater bond, better relationships, and an endurance audience.

    31. By keeping your intended messaging personal, humble and professional when it comes to the perception elements, it may not make your message clear to everyone, but it can offer a better chance to engage that many more people with a greater understanding.

    32. Consider posting content that plants authentic seeds for an enduring harvest instead of posting empty hype that lasts only for a moment.

    33. Is that content for the present, past and future? Consider simultaneously strategizing your content creation to deliver a resonating endurance impact for the present, future and past.

    34. Content without continuity and connection can leave you with fewer conversions, sales, and engagement. Consider not trying to create something to go viral and instead start building an authentic connection rooted in endurance and engagement.

    35. Your story, shared with authenticity can do more to sell you than any sales pitch, marketing piece or ad.

    36. Instead of trying to shake 20 hands, get 30 business cards and adding 40 people to your LinkedIn, consider taking the time with authentic introductions and conversations that are grounded in connection quality over racing for the quantity of stale and rushed connection attempts.

    37. For your own professionalism, reputation & appearance, it really is ok to NOT post every video, picture, event or show on social media. On the contrary, holding back, waiting or not posting certain things altogether can help much more than hurt.

    38. Would you be worried for someone to see or hear… that picture, video, blog, quote, audio or rant… tomorrow, next week, next month, next year or in five years? Then perhaps, don’t post it today.

    39. You can do something nice without posting it on social media. Sometimes, consider giving from the heart, sharing with authenticity and helping without the spotlight.


    Messaging, Delivery and Engagement Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    40. When your messaging strategy has the foundation that allows the message to be delivered in an array of ways that best represents your vision while allowing each person to have their own authenticity in sharing it, the reach has the chance to expand greatly.

    41. Methodically messaging in a harmony of honor, humility, authenticity and authority may create more resonation for your story to be heard by that many more connections.

    42. Sometimes the messaging and story are right where they need to be, but the issue is in the performance and delivery of that story and that message. The melody, tone, dynamics and tempo can be everything in a delivery.

    43. Consider the invitation elements of your messaging in your sharing, pitching and marketing. Does it invite people to want to learn more or confuse, over making them feel like they don’t know anything at all.

    44. Consider synchronizing your messaging and online connecting styles with your methodology, morals and beliefs, not someone else’s.

    45. Are you network messaging or network marketing? In these times, it seems people may be more enticed by an engaging message over the usual marketing pitches.

    46. The more you engage and connect, it may allow you to find that many more authentic engagements and connections.

    47. When messaging is authentic, compliant and aligned, then strategically and ethically mobilized for distribution… It can cost a lot less to market and has the chance to resonate with a lot more people.

    48. If you cannot get your point and your story across without using a PowerPoint, it may be time to revisit your messaging.

    49. If you are not presenting your message with confidence and self-belief, why should anyone have confidence or belief in your message?

    50. Are you selling with soul or do you come off like you are selling your soul? If people only see you selling your expertise all the time, without experiencing elements of you sharing the expertise and knowledge you have, then what reason are you giving them to trust you or buy?


    Clarity, Truth and Professionalism Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    51. Differentiate your opinions from facts. Honor your audience with messaging that clearly defines when you are sharing truth and when you are sharing an opinion.

    52. Consider that when you state only what you can prove and differentiate your opinions from facts, it may allow you to stand on a stronger foundation over those stating whatever they want with no care for the truth.

    53. In humility, subjectivity and in the ability to see a series of elements from a distance; it may help you to focus your messaging in order to create a much stronger of an impact.

    54. Instead of claiming to be the answer, consider stating that you may be an answer.

    55. I do not believe in my truth and I do not believe in your truth. I believe in the truth.

    56. I believe an effective content strategy has to mix your authenticity, your story and your authority along with commentary and subjective opinions when sharing other peoples content.

    57. Staying with statements that are still assertive, but placed in a subjective format can help in debate, conversations and communication. It can open many doors for authority, while applying humility and honor for another person’s views.

    58. As a brand communications and optics strategist, I focus on the authenticity, authority, optics, psychology and perceptions of a brand, persona or product.

    59. The most effective brand messaging strategy is not to create the messaging that makes the most sense to you. It is creating the brand messaging that makes you, your brand and your products make the most sense to others.

    60. Do your morals, honor, and ethics only come across in your words? Or do they also show up in your works, your actions and your deeds?


    Personal and Professional Growth Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    61. If you are ready to face the fears, take the steps, do the work, be more than you thought you ever could, and attack the dream, what is keeping you? Lose all the excuses and replace them with all the reasons for success. Be the change for yourself. Commit to the dream or quit. There really is no middle ground.

    62. Be the person you would do anything for. Be the person you will not let down. Could now be the time to respect yourself and your dream? Don’t both truly deserve that respect?

    63. It’s time to respect yourself and your dream, both truly deserve that respect. Be the person you would do anything for. Be the person you will not let down.

    64. I do not think you need to commit yourself 24/7 to building your dream. I do think you should commit to making every hour you work on your dream to be as effective and productive as possible… So you may be able to have the life you always wanted before, during and after your dream comes to fruition.

    65. Motivation without animation can be a core factor in the early extermination of a vision or venture.

    66. If you are working yourself to death, how can any investor feel safe, confident and secure investing in you?

    67. When you treat your business or dream like a living, breathing baby… You may make better decisions and wiser choices.

    68. Either be a good parent to your career or just give your dream up for adoption.

    69. If your dream is all about winning an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy, or another award, give up and quit now! Why dream for accolades, awards, recognition or celebrity status? Considering dreaming to learn, achieve, grow, sustain and succeed authentically.

    70. I see many more successes and wins from those working to be better over those trying to be the best. Consider removing the hype, the hate and the ego in your growth to truly grow to your potential and beyond. 71. Choices made in fear to fix the moment can poison the future.


    Integrity, Honor and Ethics Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    72. Please stop overselling what or where you are, especially in today’s industry. It is easier now than ever to be found out as a big-talking beginner or a liar. On the other hand, honesty and transparency can be a major strength; consider using it.

    73. The honor of your presentation, execution, experience, and growth can do much more for you and your career over false claims that have no substance yet.

    74. Consider standing in honor and transparency whether behind closed doors or if those doors are open to the world at large.

    75. Through my messaging, ideas, beliefs, faith, experiences and present conclusions… I look to share content that represents my integrity, authenticity and authority in a stewarding approach while asking for nothing in return.

    76. Authentic Instruction is not always comforting or comfortable.

    77. Are you trying to control and guide truth or are you allowing truth to control and guide you?

    78. Your actions and approach with what you have may very clearly showcase to others what you would be able to do with more. 79. No one has a right to tell you what you want, what you need, or what you must have. So why let them? 80. Choose those you give your trust to carefully. Be caring; be loving; be creative. But also be careful.


    Communication, Respect and Relationships Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    81. I do not disconnect because I disagree with someone on something, some view or some opinion. If I disconnect, it is because of how they chose to disagree.

    82. Regardless of how much I disagree with some people’s views, opinions & political beliefs… those disagreements have never created a desire for me to harm them, their family, business or home. I don’t understand how the first response is burn it down instead of building it up.

    83. As challenging as it can be from businesses to relationships to anything else, if we ground ourselves in the respect to hear the other side, differentiate our opinion from proven and vetted facts, while removing the insulting and attacking elements, we have a better chance at create impactful conversations of change.

    84. Amplified authentic opinions can be driven with passion while still anchored in respect for those that have a different view.

    85. Looking for someone to hear you and your desired message of change? Perhaps, do not open with insults, attacks and attitude pointed at the people that might be able to help make that change.

    86. Consider messaging, marketing and responding in love. Be kinder and be bigger, instead of adding to and authoring more words of hate online.

    87. Calling for change and being part of making change are two very different things. Stop calling for change and be a part of making the change you want to see.

    88. Demanding change and justice is worlds different from devoting time and efforts to making those changes and creating that justice.

    89. Voting is a right and if you do not want to exercise that right, who am I or who is anyone to tell you that you are wrong?

    90. Are they only addressing your symptoms or are they working with you to find a cure? And, do they have the knowledge and ability to assist you in the healing with a plan for the long run?Calling for change and being part of making change are two very different things. Stop calling for change and be a part of making the change you want to see.


    Optics, Perception and Social Media Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    91. Pictures of people taken with influencers does not make them a person of influence or an influencer.

    92. Consider following through with endurance over just following the latest trend, book, course or claim of the moment.

    93. From the news, to social media and everywhere else, the tone and temperature in some ways, has become more toxic than the virus itself. It’s almost as if for some people, it is easier to be brutal than it is to be beautiful.

    94. Stop settling for, subscribing to and becoming enticed by stupid. I believe most are smarter than that. Yet many allow themselves to continually get sucked into it.

    95. Playing the blame game is stupid and childish. Even if it is someone else’s fault, the blame game is wasted time, effort, and energy that takes you somewhere that most of the time is not going to get you anywhere.


    Endurance, Harvest and Long-Term Vision Quotes Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes


    96. How you plant, where you plant and who you plant with can be some of the most crucial elements to reaping the best fruits and results at harvest for any business.

    97. Consider taking an approach to your nonprofit asks by explaining what is needed, what would help and why, over telling them that if they skip one coffee here or one beer there, they can do so much more and show that they really care.

    98. I believe there is no better way to find out the true heart, honor, and professionalism of a person, than seeing how they handle themselves and others when facing a crisis, disaster or intense level of pressure.

    99. Is your brand messaging telling a story or is it telling your story?

    100. Consider planting authentic seeds for an enduring harvest instead of posting empty hype that lasts only for a moment.


    Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.

    Weisman is the host of the brand communications and optics podcast Wait What Really OK.

    Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes: Considerations for Branding, Communication and Marketing

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  • 12 Brand Communication Video Shorts from Loren Weisman

    12 Brand Communication Video Shorts from Loren Weisman on communication, messaging, optics and trending topics.

    12 Brand Communication Video Shorts


    Brand Communication Video Shorts from Loren Weisman to assist with quick ideas to assist your brand, positioning and reach.


    1. Are You Making Critical Branding Mistakes That Affect Growth? 02-20-2025


    Optimize your branding process with strategic planning in this YouTube Short on effective brand development. I try to highlight the importance of building a solid foundation before launching marketing efforts. Learn why the “ready, aim, fire” approach trumps the hasty “ready, fire, aim” method for small business branding.

    Stop treating people like numbers. Is your only goal to attract numbers for popularity or attract people for engagement? Engage to grow your connections, not just to grow your numbers.

    Brand Communication Video Shorts Continued:

    Stop treating people like numbers. Is your only goal to attract numbers for popularity or attract people for engagement? Engage to grow your connections, not just to grow your numbers.


    2. Are Branding Strategies Failing You? Consider Asking These Key Questions 02-21-2025


    Evaluate your branding strategy’s effectiveness with key questions in this YouTube Short. I try to show why generic branding approaches may fail small businesses. Learn to identify if your current strategy aligns with your unique business identity and goals.


    3. Is TikTok Really a Danger to your Privacy? 02-22-2025


    Weigh the potential security risks of using TikTok for your business in this YouTube Short. I explore how TikTok’s data collection practices and privacy concerns could impact entrepreneurs and small business owners.


    4. Building Strong Brand Authority Through Honest Communication 02-24-2025


    Amplify your small business brand with authentic communication strategies. As a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist, I present why honesty and transparency are crucial for building lasting authority. This this Brand Communication Video offers practical insights for entrepreneurs on creating a stable, secure brand foundation.


    5. How To Identify Legitimate Online Studies And Avoid Deception 02-25-2025


    Navigate the maze of online studies with confidence in this Brand Communication Video Short on identifying legitimate research. As a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist, I explore how entrepreneurs can verify claims backed by studies to enhance their business credibility. Learn practical strategies for distinguishing genuine research from misleading information.


    6. The Powerful Impact Of Sharing Stories Instead Of Telling 02-26-2025


    Dig into the power of authentic storytelling in your small business marketing with this YouTube Short on sharing vs. telling. I touch on how entrepreneurs can elevate their brand engagement through strategic storytelling techniques. Learn to craft compelling narratives that resonate with your audience, moving beyond the “yell, tell, sell” approach.


    7. Are You Being TRULY Authentic Or Just PRETENDING To Be An Authority Figure? 02-27-2025


    Challenge the notion that every entrepreneur needs a book or podcast in this YouTube Short on authentic brand building. As a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist, I talk about why forcing content creation can harm your business credibility. Learn to assess if you have genuine expertise to share before jumping into publishing or podcasting.Before you send money, vet that charity and the people asking for it.

    Before you send money, vet that charity and the people asking for it.

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    8. How To Use AI In A Transparent And HONORABLE Way 02-28-2025


    Look into the power of ethical AI usage in your small business with this YouTube Short on transparent AI practices. I share how entrepreneurs can leverage AI responsibly to enhance their brand authenticity.


    9. Try These Highly Effective And Respectful Communication Tactics 03-01-2025


    Elevate your business communication with effective and respectful tactics in this YouTube Short. As a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist, I reveal how entrepreneurs can transform their approach to audience engagement. Learn to replace forceful directives with inviting, humble language that resonates with potential clients.


    10. Do Business Coaches Provide FOUNDATION or Just FLUFF? 03-03-2025


    Uncover the truth about business coaching in this this Brand Communication Video that separates genuine guidance from empty motivation. As a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist, I dig in to how entrepreneurs can identify coaches who provide actionable strategies versus those offering mere confidence boosts.


    11. Does Your Brand Name Set You Up For Success Or Failure? 03-04-2025


    Review the power of strategic brand naming for your small business success. As a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist, I share why choosing the right name can be crucial for your brand’s foundation and future growth.


    12. Creating A Business That Profits Without EXPLOITING Anyone 03-05-2025


    Study the potential of ethical business practices with this Brand Communication Video Short on creating a profitable enterprise without exploitation. As a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist, I share how entrepreneurs can build sustainable businesses based on fair value exchange.Authority requires action, not just words.


    Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.

    Weisman is the host of the brand communications and optics podcast Wait What Really OK.

    Brand Communication Video Shorts from Loren Weisman on communication, messaging, optics and trending topics.

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  • Strategy and Consulting Documents for Potential Clients. Examples of my documentation

    Strategy and Consulting Documents for potential clients. Examples of my documentation I send before we get started for larger projects.

    Loren Weisman Strategy and Consulting Documents


    Review List for potential clients. Examples of the documentation I send before we get started.


    strategy and consulting documents, brand communications and optics Strategist, Loren Weisman
    Strategy and consulting documents

    I like for clients to feel safe and secure since a lot has to be shared in order to work on the communications, messaging and optics of a business, brand, person or product. These documents protect potential clients while at the same time hold both parties accountable. Which I believe is that way it should be and the way I like to work.


    Smaller Invoices will receive just the invoice document with a summary of the work on the invoice it self.


    Larger projects will include an:

    Invoice (INV)

    Statement of Work (SOW)

    Strategic Services Agreement (SSA)

    Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)  and in cases where a discount, time being gifted or sponsored, this last document will be added… Gratuitous Services Agreement (GSA)Quote card over green foliage reading: The details from a clear strategic services agreement ensure for the most sound, solid and honorable working relationship between all parties.


    Strategy and Consulting Documents for Loren Weisman

    Invoice INV Pretty self explanatory. This Invoice includes an array of options on how to pay.


    Statement of Work 

    SOW

    The outline of the work that will be doing together. If we are doing a discovery… this will be included in the SOW


    Strategic Services Agreement SSA This outlines my responsibilities as well as your responsibilities for a project. This includes a statement confirming your full ownership of what is created together as well as some other protective measures to ensure your safety and security.


    Strategy and consulting documents for Loren Weisman.

    Consulting Referral Agreement for Brand Communications and Optics Strategist


    More Strategy and Consulting Documents


    Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement NDA This NDA brings another level of protection in what is shared for both parties. The more honest, transparent and true you can be with me, in turn allows me to help in the most effective ways for you.


    Gratuitous Services Agreement GSA A clarification agreement stated that anything done in a reduced, discounted, gifted or free form belongs to you. It is a clear documentation of the discount or gift for clarity and transparency.


    These are the document examples to show you what will be coming. Each one will be personalized to the project.


    Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes: Considerations for Branding, Communication and Marketing


    strategy and consulting documents, Strategist Loren Weisman
    Strategy and consulting documents.

    Strategy and Consulting Documents Overview

    A genuine and successful consulting relationship is built on transparency, structure, and mutual trust that trust begins even before a single strategy session takes place. The strategy and consulting documents provided here are not mere formalities; they are foundational tools for clarity, safety, and accountability on both sides.

    Whether it’s the simple invoice, the detailed statement of work, or the comprehensive strategic services agreement, each document is thoughtfully crafted to protect your interests, encourage open communication, and clarify the path ahead. The inclusion of a mutual non-disclosure agreement ensures that what is shared remains secure, allowing for true insights and honest collaboration to flourish. When discounts or special services are involved, the gratuitous services agreement guarantees that every detail is transparent, reinforcing trust from day one.

    As a brand communications and optics strategist, my commitment is to highlight the value of your expertise with integrity and to amplify your authority through authentic messaging. These documents reflect that same ethos ensuring that every concern is addressed upfront, every expectation is documented, and every project is grounded in fairness and clarity. By establishing a solid, transparent foundation, both client and consultant can move forward with confidence, knowing that the terms are clear, the process is secure, and the focus remains where it should: on devising strategies that propel your brand and voice forward.

    I believe collaboration should never feel risky.

    Let these documents assure you that you are in safe, competent, and accountable hands from the very start.


    Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.

    Weisman is the host of the brand communications and optics podcast Wait What Really OK.

    Strategy and Consulting Documents Review for potential clients. Examples of the documentation I send before we get started.

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  • Subjective vs Objective Messaging. Opinions vs facts online.

    Subjective vs objective messaging. Opinions vs Facts online.

    Subjective vs objective messaging. Opinions vs Facts.

    With so many stating opinions as facts, while so many others jump to assume an opinion is a fact, it has brought even more anger online and a higher level of toxicity engagement between people that do not agree.


    It may sound obvious to many, simple to others, and yet a great deal of people miss the boat or make the assumption that the intention of their message is going to be the perception of those receiving it.Subjective vs objective messaging, Consider choosing the “here is how” over the “I know you can” types


    Still, Messaging matters and that message without the consideration on the tone, the temperature, the tactics and the performance behind it, can get missed by so many and perceived incorrectly.

    Subjective vs Objective Messaging: The lines have been blurred heavily when it comes to opinions and facts.

    From those that push their opinions as facts in an arrogant and unprofessional way to those that share their opinions but do not clearly define that they are coming from a subjective standpoint.

    Is marketing the only message your audience is receiving? Consider becoming the author and publisher of your story, over just another person trying to sell a book with the same old ads, hype PR and spam style ads that are used by so many.
    “Is marketing the only message your audience is receiving? Consider becoming the author and publisher of your story, over just another person trying to sell a book with the same old ads, hype pr and spam style ads that are used by so many.”

    Top 100 Loren Weisman Quotes: Considerations for Branding, Communication and Marketing


    And then add to it that some out there want you to fail…

    Sad but true, there are many out there looking to find a quote, a blog, a sentence or anything to make you look bad or has you making a statement they can contradict.

    It happens in politics, business and even in romantic relationships. And while this can not be stopped, that extra level of clarification of the subjective vs objective messaging that you share online and off can help to some extent.


    The answer… or an answer when it comes to subjective vs objective messaging?

    1st, consider staying more toward the opinion and the substantiated opinion side of things. Your opinion can’t be wrong. Ever. Because in the end, it is what you feel and you believe.

    On the other hand, stating a fact you can not back up, a fact that could no longer be true or a fact that might be only half true can set you up for trouble.


    Staying with statements that are assertive, but placed in the subjective format can help in debate, conversations and communication. It can open as many doors for authority, while applying humility and honor for another persons views.


    It can even help online with how the search engines and spiders see your content.

    “Is marketing the only message your audience is receiving? Consider becoming the author and publisher of your story, over just another person trying to sell a book with the same old ads, hype pr and spam style ads that are used by so many.”


    Subjective vs Objective Messaging, hilton hotelsSubjective vs Objective Messaging It is not about justifying your views. It is about defining they are your views.

    This kind of clarity and consistency in your content can allow you to be seen as an authority when you state something is a fact and at the same time, give people a clear differential of your views as you choose to (IMHO) humbly state an opinion.
    Get away from saying this is a proven fact… and give the data to prove it. Stop sharing that studies have shown and share the links to the reputable studies.

    Take that extra time to clarify which will in turn amplify your authority and authenticity.

    It will not please everyone, but you will earn a greater level of authority when you state only facts you can back up, while clearly identifying when something is your opinion. That clarity in your content will help you stand out in a sea of those online those blurred lines between fact and opinion.

    Clarify your opinions and facts online by stating your views clearly and backing up the facts with proof.

    There are plenty that attack in anger and others responding online in fear.

    The toxic aspects of communication and the lines that have been erased by some between fact and opinion have become overwhelming.

    So how do you respond in fear or for that matter, how do your readers?

    How do you clarify fact or how do your readers see you?

    Again, this is not saying for you to change the style of who you are and how you write.


    It is more about reinforcing and clarifying what you write, what you say and what you share.  

    When it is a fact, back up the fact with numerous sources. Call it a fact and prove it is a fact.


    Subjective vs Objective Messaging or otherwise, and in the majority of cases:

    Do not call it a fact. Take the humble route to share it as a reinforced opinion. Understand that others might not take that route. Honor that some opinions and views might be very different from yours. And move away from the guarantees, the promises of facts that can be contradicted.

    And when it is an opinion. State it is an opinion, why it is an opinion and why you feel that way.

    Subjective vs Objective Messaging, loren weisman

    Closing Thought… In this shift, you may gain that much more authority and authenticity in sharing something through an opinion, over trying to force it as a fact… even if it is.

    Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.

    Weisman is the host of the brand communications and optics podcast Wait What Really OK.

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  • Library of Congress Visit. The psychology and perceptions of a brand misread

    Library of Congress. The psychology and perceptions of a brand misread (on my part). A Brand Communications and and Optics Blog from Loren Weisman.

    A Library of Congress Visit

    So in the middle of this whole stay at home order, I was looking through some old photos and found a picture of my book, The Artists Guide to Success in the Music Business from the Library of Congress.

    (One, I think I was not even supposed to take.)

    It reminded me of that day at the LC and the psychology and perceptions of a brand misread having to do with what I thought I would see.

    Photo of the Library of Congress
    Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash and what I was expecting…

    Library of (not what I was expecting) Congress

    So I had this idea that the building or buildings were going to look like that scene in National Treasure with Nicolas Cage. It ended up turning in to much more humbling experience.

    When I was doing a book signing in Washington DC, I was hoping my expectation and perceptions were correct.

    You might have Googled yourself?

    I Library of Congress-ed myself.

    After the book signing, I found the information for my book, The Artists Guide to Success in the Music Business (Greenleaf Book Group) that was inside the book and registered with the LC mainly held all the usual boring numbers and information that didn’t mean anything to me.


    A movie poster image of the artists guide to success in the music business.
    The Artists Guide to Success in the Music Business Movie Poster.

    This is the blah blah blah stuff…

    Table of Contents Section: Publisher’s Cataloging-In-Publication Data (Prepared by The Donohue Group, Inc.) Weisman, Loren. The artist’s guide to success in the music business : the “who, what, when, where, why & how” of the steps that musicians & bands have to take to succeed in music / Loren Weisman. 2nd ed., 1st Greenleaf Books ed. p. ; cm. Issued also as an ebook. ISBN: 978-1-60832-578-8 1608325784 1. Music trade. Vocational guidance. 2. Sound recording industry. Vocational guidance. 3. Musicians. I. Title. II. Title: TAG LC Control Number 2013936454 LC Classification ML3795 .W45 2013 Other system no. (OCoLC)840438396 Dewey Class Number 780/.23 eBook ISBN: 9781608325795 Where to Request in LC: Performing Arts Reading Room (Madison, LM113)


    a book and an image of the reading room in the library of congress But at the bottom of all; the blah blah blah…


    it read… Where to Request in Library of Congress: Performing Arts Reading Room (Madison, LM113)

    Hope got lifted.

    I imagined walking in asking for the book and watching some one retrieve it from one of the beautiful shelves in one of the cavernous areas… just like the movie.

    Reality…Not so much like that. 

    Walking across the street from the larger and much more beautiful building that is the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington DC…

    I went to the James Madison Memorial Building. 

    Where I had to get an ID made and explain to three different people I wanted to see a book.

    After getting the ID, I walked down the hall toward the Performing Arts Reading Room (Madison, LM113).

    Two doors were there. One with this modern glass that was shaded…

    (Still hopeful at this point)


    Then a second door that lead me in to basically a 70’s looking high school classroom.

    I was asked to fill out the authors name and the book title for two women at a desk.

    One was very nice and saw that my ID matched the request. She kindly exclaimed with some excitement…

    “Your book!”

    Which felt nice.

    The second one who went to retrieve it, said,

    “This copy belongs to the government, you cant have it.”

    She might have been a little low on coffee… and well, kindness that day.


    Book on a desk table at the library of congress


    It was delivered 15 minutes later.

    And they wouldn’t hand it to me. I had to sit down at a high school style table and the woman took it out of this plastic envelop. She went on to explain the book is two floors down and stored in a basement. I snuck a picture of it… as it is the only nicely leather bound edition, scrolled through it and then had to report that I was done viewing it so it could be returned and I could leave.

    A strange experience and a little disappointing that it was not in that beautiful building, but still cool that the book is there.


    I was told the Music Business for Dummies Book that I wrote is also in the Library now.

    I am taking their word for it and will not be heading back any time soon to see that one.


    Side note; The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business Audio book is available again for a free test drive on Amazon here: The Artists Guide to Success in the Music Business on Amazon


    I reiterate this quote as the close. It is not a knock on me or my book. But as you look to me, my book or for that matter any author and any book, take the time to dig a little deeper to see if the depth, the experience, the intelligence and the authority is there that makes it worth the read and the time for you.


    “Publishing a book does not make you and authority or an expert. Authorship does not equal authority.”

    Publishing a book does not make you an authority or an expert. Authorship does not equal authentic authority.
    “Publishing a book does not make you and authority or an expert. Authorship does not equal authority.”

    Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.

    Weisman is the host of the brand communications and optics podcast Wait What Really OK.

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