Mundane into Memorable

How can you make mundane moments into memorable moments? Find out here ...

Just Another Face in the Crowd?

Are you contributing to ad clutter in your advertising?

How Packaging Can Transform An Industry

Some industries are keeping current with innovative packaging technologies better than others. Packaging innovation can move your business from a commodity driven product into a premium product category. Not only that, it can build sales and create its own unique niche with little or no competition. Entire new categories of product have been created around a single niche market that may not have existed a few years ago.

What The Holidays Teach Us About Branding

If your company were a holiday, how would it be celebrated? Take a few lessons from the timeless traditions of the holidays and infuse your company with meaning.

Why You Need A Website Gestalt

'Wired' magazine published an intriguing article entitled 'Very Short Stories' where they asked a number of authors to create a story in only six words. At first this seems to be an impossible task, but as you'll see it's an excellent example of how the principles of Gestalt can help marketers develop powerful marketing messages on their websites or in any other marketing venue.

You Are Your Own Brand

Recently, I told you the story of an eccentric (but smart as a fox) restauranteur who made piles of money, had a great following and obtained all the media coverage he ever needed...for free. This is how he did it...

Developing A Brand

It is the customer, the king, who will come to a decision to buy or not. So a brand followed by others for its survival. The qualities of the company, its uniqueness will turn into the most important aspect in creating the alternative between one company and its products and another. Branding now has turned into more significant than ever before.

Why Create a Brand?

Branding is not just about a logo, it is about how you are perceived in every aspect of your business.

Typefaces and Fonts Play into Your Image

A font says a great deal about the name; if you cannot read it, people will not flock to it. Also, mixing too many fonts makes your communication look homemade rather than professional.

Answer The Most Important Brand Positioning Question First

Don't make the common mistake of positioning your brand, product or service in direct competition with other companies. Instead, you should create a new category in order to gain leadership in that space.

Choosing and Using the Most Useful Meaning of the Word - Brand.

There are three distinct meanings associated with the word - 'Brand.' There is the widespread use of the word used to refer to a particular product. This is the common use of the word. Then there is the use of the word to refer to certain signs, such as brand names, logos, symbols, colors and sounds that typically 'belong' to the business that markets the product. This is the formal use of the word. And then there is the use of the word to refer to the accumulating cluster of concepts around the brand signs. This is the functional use of the word. It is critical that managers who are responsible for building business are able to focus on the last one, if only to ensure the most revenues that can be earned with the least business investments.

Logo Design: Things To Remember

Designing a good logo demands exceptional designing skills and exhaustive research work. A mix of these two along with other factors leads to the development of an effective logo design. Here are some basic guidelines that will enable a company to judge the true potential of their logo.

Relationship Between the Brand Strength and Customers' Loyalty at Different Involvement Levels

The more successful a firm is when it comes to brand loyalty, the greater the impact on marketing expenditures. Since a powerful brand enjoys a high level of consumer brand awareness and loyalty, the company will incur lower marketing costs relative to revenue.