Traditional marketing is dead. Get over it.
It’s time for companies to understand that we’re now in the era of content and influencer marketing, so your Pay-Per-Clicks (PPC) spend is almost irrelevant. And if you’re still reluctant to believe digital personalities make money by making content, let us signpost you to some astonishing examples.
Map out your customer journeys to see your branding gaps
Mapping out your customers’ journey helps to identify the effectiveness of your previous marketing campaigns and strategies, generate fresh ideas to take advantage of new technologies and platforms since the last campaign, and plan where and how the future ones might look to start conducting gap analysis and training needs analysis on.
Why you should optimise your branding for mobile-first customer journeys
With the transition of most of our attention away from the outside world (especially over winter and in the last few years of the pandemic) towards social media, streaming content, and maybe soon – the metaverse, the reach of traditional marketing platforms like billboards is slowly dying off.
Start-up series: Why you should have a square, landscape and portrait-orientated logo.
A fundamental concept of running your own enterprise is understanding why you need multiple different logo versions; therefore, we’re going to link the 3 main logo orientations to times when you may need them.
The hidden dangers of ‘blanding’
A fundamental principle of brand design is the concept of ‘MAYA’, an acronym of ‘most advanced, yet acceptable’. It’s a position to define where a brand’s personality should sit that’s enough away from its competitors to be remarkable, yet close enough for those to gauge what sector you work in without too much guesswork. The ‘most advanced’ element is the notable component of the idea, as it highlights the importance of being easily memorable to maximise chance of long-term success.