Brand Thinking

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Rebooting or Redesigning Your Brand

Every business and organization is thinking about how to get back to business — and a bit of normal.  We know tele-meetings will be way up. Presentations and document sharing in these environments are essential new skills.

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Expressing What You Do. A Better Way.

Capabilities, Services, Solutions, What we do. Who we are. Whatever you call it, it’s what customers, site visitors and prospects want to know. And they want more than a bullet list! Your capabilities are…

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Brand Authenticity – Lemonade Style

Sure, I have a sweet designer suit for wrangling with lawyers and suppliers, but when it comes to my customers, they get the real me — sunny, fresh and friendly, just like my lemonade.” People tell this young entrepreneur…

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Branding is All Heart

Are you making a logical appeal to an emotional audience? Probably. That doesn’t mean logic has no place in sales. It does. In fact, logic often closes the deal. But only after a feeling of comfort, confidence…

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Smart Brands Change Your Perspective

Here’s an exercise, graphic designers use to force them to expand their perspective when solving a visual problem: Draw a grid of 20 squares. Now draw 20 different apples. You have one hour…

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My Advertising Secret: Ocytocin

It’s true. My sheer cuteness floods your brain with the love hormone, “Oxytocin” which makes even tough-minded CEOs stop for a second. There are many studies that show the hormone oxytocin makes people…

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For A Brand, Any Speed Beats Standing Still

Courageous marketers adapt to the changing landscape of business and culture. This is true in any era filled with chase and uncertainty… and marketing always seems to be in some state of change. New media channels, getting digital…

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