Brands are no longer faceless and amorphous, they’re starting to identify themselves through their beliefs and the causes they support. Which is a good thing! Mindless consumerism is a toxic byproduct of a consumerist Western culture, and customers are pushing back. The Havas 2021 Meaningful Brands study reported that, according to consumers, less than half (47%) of brands are seen as trustworthy and 75% could disappear and would be easily […]
“Dry Jan” and the Value of Meta-Marketing
It’s the time of year where people are hitting the gym, waking up earlier, reading more books, and cutting back on booze. You may have heard the phrase “dry January”, a quip to describe abstaining from alcohol (usually in response to end of year celebratory gluttony). While that may sound like bad news for liquor companies, some of them are actually leaning into the phenomenon. Meta-marketing, or brands referring to […]
Is Black Friday Still Important for Marketers?
Ahhh… the holidays. Black Friday is just around the corner again, consequently, sending the Internet into a veritable state of emergency. In this article, we’ll show you what you should consider regarding your marketing strategy revolving around this super shopping day, what preparations you need to make, and what pitfalls to avoid. We’ll break down our recommendations into tactical and conceptual strategies, so even if your business model does not […]
What is a Style Guide? Visual Identity 101
Brand guidelines, sometimes referred to as brand identity guidelines, are a document that you can use to help identify, build, and grow your brand. Your new brand guidelines document can then be used both internally and externally to ensure consistency and continuity with your brand’s visual identity and underpinning strategy. In this blog, we will unpack the multiple facets of a successful style-guide and your brand’s visual cues. While there […]
How to Recoup Your Brand Image After a Faux-pas
If you care about your personal brand, you probably make an effort to not put your brand’s hypothetical foot in its mouth. Even without formal training, this awareness is known as reputation management. Oftentimes news breaks of a tone-deaf or in-poor-taste advertisement that rubs audiences the wrong way. That is the focal point of our article today; how to identify a mistake in record time and also rectify it like […]
Defining Your Branding Strategy in 2022
When you hear the word ‘branding’, you’ll probably automatically think of a logo. Logos are a major part of the way we see the world, and unconscious recognition of perceived “value”. Some examples are the golden arches of McDonald’s, the iconic red Coca-Cola script or the simple outline of Apple. But, a brand is bigger than a logo and you should never stop there. To map and plan your brand […]
Crisis Marketing: COVID-19 Edition Pt. II
Alright, so now you have envisioned the emergency scenarios that are most likely to impact your business. It’s now time to create a bulletproof response strategy that will leave you nothing left to do other than execute.How do you best map appropriate responses to both your business activities and disaster situations? You first anticipate which areas of business will be the most impacted, and which elements in particular. Afterwards, you […]
How to Implement a Successful Complimentary Backlink Strategy
In layman terms, a backlink is a hyperlink from a website to your page. Backlinking is a search engine optimization practice that is used to improve the Google ranking of their webpage – overall increasing traffic to their site. The best backlinks that will improve your overall ranking are called dofollow backlinks. Dofollow backlinks tell Google to analyze the backlink and use the information gathered about the site to determine […]