Learn more Your brand is the story that others recall when they think of you.
Laura Busche
Brand Content Strategist at Autodesk. The author of Lean Branding and Powering Content.
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Brand Content Strategist at Autodesk. The author of Lean Branding and Powering Content.
Designing products that advertise themselves is a particularly powerful strategy. Steve Jobs and his team realized that seeing others do something makes people more likely to do it themselves. When something is more observable it’s also easier to imitate (as in the case of white Apple earphones or the backlit logo on their computers). Thus a key factor in driving products to catch on is public visibility. If something is built to show, it’s built to grow, or as another famous saying goes: “Monkey see, monkey do”.
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People tend to pay more for things that are rare. Generate a sense of exclusivity around your brand. Scarcity can help increase your margins and help you build an elite customer base. Focus on the quality rather than quantity of clients, and you’ll secure your brand’s future.
American author, business consultant and the nation’s #1 lead generation expert for the roofing industry.
If you make a startlingly beautiful and original design, the front face of your product doesn’t need to bear neither the company logo nor the name of the product. It stands for itself. It becomes a cultural icon.
An industrial designer, formerly working for Apple. During his 22 years at Apple, he contributed to the design of the PowerBook, iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook and Apple Watch.
“With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” Most companies, especially family companies, would never make fun of their own name. Yet the Smucker family did, which is one reason why Smucker’s is the No.1 brand of jams and jellies. If your name is bad, you have two choices: change the name or make fun of it.
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Branding is accomplished only when we have a relevant message that is repeated with enough frequency to become stored in chemical memory.
Internationally recognized authority and pioneer in online marketing.
Instead of spending money on cosmetic changes like rebranding the logo, the colours, or packaging, spend money on true innovation, improving product, service and quality. These will lead to longer lasting lifts in revenue.
A Chief Digital Strategist at Marketing Science Consulting Group.