My name is Chris Reed. I brand, I market, I communicate, and I learn from others doing the same. Time to spread the affection.I’ve told stories through words, I’ve told stories through graphics, I’ve told stories through photographs, and I’ve told stories through video. Marketing plans. Corporate logos. Ad copy. Employee handbooks. Promotional materials. Experiential short films. The list goes on.And it’s all revolved around branding. All of it.My journey has taken me from marketing the smallest of businesses to the branding of the most innovative startups, from providing communications for regional concepts to enhancing the awareness of international organizations. A unique story is found at the heart of them all.And now, with digital (see also: social) media becoming a critical extension of a brand’s identity, I see a collective home for all the stories I’ve told in the past, for the ones I’m telling now, and for the ones I’ll tell in the future. I see a collective home where brands can reciprocate the affection shared by those who make those brands what they are. Why?Because our lives are intertwined with the brands we consider to be part of our DNA.Specialties: Marketing, branding and identity, social media, corporate intranet content management and production, internal and external communications, writing, blogging, creative management and production, design, advertising, consulting, leadership, video production, photography