branding, strategy and positioning
People already have pretty sophisticated understanding of brands already, and brand isn't underestimated. It's just that you really have to stress test. Do people really need it when they say they want to have a revolutionary brand? Or they want to have a brand that changes everything, or that they're very committed to renovating or redoing or upda
... See moreWe very much believe brands first. Often the times the product is that brand for the clients that we work with. People are paying that premium for the brand. But the brands informs everything else, including product, the org chart, including user experience and sales and the obvious stuff, like marketing and the actual branding function. But the b
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it’s really about creating a competitive market, like pushing all the ideas out, and the best ones will win.
Baukunst • This Could Still Be a Movement: Why Mars Needs a Creative Director
nstead of focusing on issues directly, focus on the thing that is going to collectivize people best. Focus on the story arc, the thing that is going to really give people a sense of collective purpose first, and just by virtue of bringing people Together in a more positive, optimistic way, we'll create byproducts that will solve those problems.
Baukunst • This Could Still Be a Movement: Why Mars Needs a Creative Director
I think what's interesting about this image is that it’s our reality today, and you can look at every detail in this image. It's very deliberate; it's not a fluke. There’s a bed in the corner, and it's about the proximity of work, sleep, and leisure. You see art in the corner, and a picture of the guy’s family in the background. He’s not wearing a
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an image equals a new horizon which equals a space for action, a collective game plan, and a new story arc initiated.
Baukunst • This Could Still Be a Movement: Why Mars Needs a Creative Director
Businesses want to be active participants in their customers’ social landscape, because brand values are the last battleground for differentiation. This is the very justification for community marketing, and the driving force behind the evolution of brand social media accounts from joke memes to increasingly woke and personal human voices. Offering
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So, if a brand isn't the product, the copywriting, the mission statement, the founder's vision, the designer's aesthetics, or the employees' actions, what is it? A brand is a cultural phenomenon that emerges only when these things come into contact with people. A brand lives in the minds of those who are aware of it.
As a brand grows, it becomes mor
... See moreBryan Lehrer • Headless Brands
Some people find status games distasteful. Despite this, everyone I know is engaged in multiple status games. Some people sneer at people hashtag spamming on Instagram, but then retweet praise on Twitter. Others roll their eyes at photo albums of expensive meals on Facebook but then submit research papers to prestigious journals in the hopes of bei
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