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How to Create A “Unique” Brand Voice That Stands Out.

Your brand constantly battles to win over customers, build equity, and encourage brand recall. So, ideally, you want to communicate in a way your customers find immediately appealing. But while many brands only focus on design systems, fonts, and colors to showcase their differentiation, they often overlook the central, critical glue of it all: the…

Strategy

The Basics of Brand Positioning.

How do brands become household names? For example, when some people sneeze, they don’t ask for a tissue; they ask for a Kleenex. There’s no such thing as “a Kleenex.” Kleenex is a brand name. But the company has positioned itself so well that its brand has become synonymous with the product. Brand positioning is…

Strategy, Testing

Consumer Testing, Brand Strategy, and Messaging.

Launching a new brand or rebranding can be risky. How can you be sure that consumers will like the “new you” or whether it’ll end up driving people away? Some businesses have lost hundreds of millions of dollars on ill-advised rebranding decisions. Consumer testing is an important part of any brand strategy. You need to…

Strategy

The Opportunities & Risks of Refill Packaging.

The throw away generation is quickly coming to an end. More and more consumers expect brands to package their products using sustainable materials to support a better environment, and retailers are heeling this movement. The circular economy impacting the CPG industry and refill packaging is one option brands have to lower their environmental footprint. According…

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