by IanCW | Mar 12, 2019 | Branding
It really does pay to have a simple brand identity, especially in today’s digital world. Everybody knows the old ‘KISS’ acronym – ‘Keep it simple, stupid’. But before we can do that we need to ‘MISS’ – Make it Simple. Now is a good time to revisit your...
by IanCW | Mar 5, 2019 | Branding
Does your brand know where it’s going? More importantly, are you clear where you want it to go?When developing a brand or briefing a consultant, it’s critical to consider what you want your brand to look like in, say, five years time, or more. Try not to...
by IanCW | Mar 1, 2019 | Branding
Traps to avoid with your new brand name. Most startups spend way too much time and energy worrying about their brand name. Just take a look at the names of some of our leading brands and you’ll see that they are not significant in themselves. Their importance lies in...
by IanCW | Feb 16, 2019 | Branding
In fact no brands exist… not even the most famous ones.Let’s look more closely at what that means. A brand is just what’s called a social construct. That means it’s a concept that we, as a society, invent to help make sense of things. They are ideas, stories if...
by IanCW | Feb 5, 2019 | Copywriting, Dangerous ideas, Marketing
Customers don’t care about your business – all they’re interested in is what it can do for them. You may be justifiably proud of a new product feature you’ve sweated over. That new system you’ve designed may seem really cool to you. But all the client wants to...
