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How Can Brands Celebrate Pride Month?
Pride Month Every June we see brands launching a slew of rainbow themed campaigns and products. We love to see thoughtful and significant Pride initiatives like Dublin Bus’ 2018 “The Proudest -
Social Media Blog 6: Checking in on Brand Loyalty
Marketing minds Bennett and Rundle-Thiele bring us on an historical journey of the ups and downs of brand loyalty over time. They have identified a 5 stage brand loyalty lifecycle which positions -
Social Media Blog 5: Being Authentic on Social Media
We mentioned a few weeks ago that our No. 1 piece of advice for brands marketing on social media is to be authentic. This is because the collaborative and participatory nature of Web 2.0 created the -
Her apron strings and her purse…
‘The Purse’ tells the true story of two Wales fans, brothers David and Gareth Rees, who keep the memory of their late mother Olive alive by following Wales in the Guinness Six Nations. Olive -
Bring out the comical side of your Brand
Have you considered using comics or comic-like visual content in your brand storytelling efforts? If not, then let’s talk about it today- once in a while your brand should show that it's not afraid -
Dinner violation for Rafa Nadel – Integrated branding
Anyone sitting on their couch down-under watching the Australian Open tennis final on channel 9 last Sunday would have been very surprised to see in the middle of a break between games that Rafa -
Egg-cellent Brand Activation
Blue Monday has come and gone, payday is so near yet so far, Christmas is a distant memory and somehow it feels like 76th of January. Fear not, the Cadbury’s Creme Egg hunt is back and it’s -
Brand activism: is it worth it?
It’s happening more and more, big brands taking stands on socially pertinent issues. Sometimes with great success, sometimes not so much. Who could forget Pepsi’s suggestion that a soft drink was -
How are you ‘Brandishing’ your Logo?
The nature of my work has me take stock of all the happenings in the branding world - what brands are thriving and what brands are going for a facelift! Also, to identify whether a trend is a fad or -
A rebrand that didn’t beat the clock
Toys "R" Us was an international toy company founded in April 1948 and went into bankruptcy in 2018. Before its demise, the design studio Lippincott was brought on board to refresh the identity in -
It takes a village (the right team) to build a brand
Your business has many facets and a variety of talent within its walls. The main players might include CEO, sales/marketing, finance, technology, product development and administration - all working -
5 characteristics of successful businesses
There are many characteristics that separate a successful business from a business that doesn't quite make it. On average 50% of new businesses fail within the first five years, so it's important to -
Why B2B brands need to get emotional
No matter the industry or sector, business to business brands seem to have a deep-rooted aversion to emotion. The idea of it simply repulses them. It's like some kind of highly contagious virus -
Get Designers On Board, Not Boring Design
Ideally a board should have a diversity of specialists such as finance, marketing, tech. But until more designers sit at the table, the business of design will not be taken seriously at the highest -
The value of branding – how to measure the success of a brand
Every successful business invests a considerable amount of time and money into building and nurturing their brands. As with any cost the management and shareholders need to know whether this