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What is a Brand? Essential Reading For Every Business brand strategy
August 25, 2019

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Brand is one of those terms that is bandied around quite a lot so that there is a lot of confusion among business owners abo...

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Brand Management – What It Means For Your Business brand strategy
September 1, 2019

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Branding is essentially about clarifying who you are, what do you do and what differentiates you. It’s about a lot more th...

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Branding – Uniqueness and Fame brand strategy
March 15, 2021

There are two drivers of brand asset strength: uniqueness and fame.

For example, when you see the swoosh logo of the Nike brand you know it represents Nike even though it may be featured on its own with no name accompanying it.

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Branding – The Terminology brand strategy
September 10, 2020

A brand is about a lot more than just about how it looks. ā€œBrandā€ can be an important business tool if used well.

Yet ā€œbrandā€ and ā€œbrandingā€ are terms that mystify many business owners. Even those who go through a branding

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Branding - In Search of a Visual Hammer brand strategy

December 4, 2020

The bookĀ Visual Hammer – Nail your Brand into the Mind with the Emotional Power of a VisualĀ by Laura Ries captured my imagination when I read it back in 2013.

I immediately saw the power that a visual hammer would offer a brand,

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Brand Strategy - Post Byron Sharp brand strategy
February 7, 2021

There is a saying, reportedly Chinese in origin: May you live in interesting times. This is said ironically and almost as a curse because ā€˜uninteresting times’, of peace and tranquillity, are more life-enhancing than interesti

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Internet Rules – Changes The Rules of Branding brand strategy
October 18, 2019

The internet has changed the rules for many industries. In my booksĀ Legally BrandedĀ andĀ Intellectual Property Revolution, I explained how the internet impacts the intellectual property industry.

Here is how I see it changing ...

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Is Branding A Superficial Cosmetic Activity or A Substantive Exercise? brand strategy
November 1, 2019

This is a question I used to wonder about. Deep down I believed ā€˜brand’ and ā€˜branding’ to be essentially a surface, cosmetic exercise.

As for ā€˜personal branding’ the activity had connotations of people learning to be false an...

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Design Your Business Brand brand strategy
November 8, 2019

As Steve Jobs noted, design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.

Designing your business brand, methodology or process is therefore about a ...

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Are You Looking to Brand or Rebrand Your Business? brand strategy
December 13, 2019

If you’re considering a rebrand or are setting up a new venture start by taking this post on board as it could help you avoid many mistakes people commonly make.

That’s because society hasn’t yet caught up with the huge chan...

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A Million-pound Mistake? brand strategy

Oct 9, 2023

Tesco made a big mistake when it launched its innovative loyalty card scheme under a name it could not own. The company tried in vain to register Clubcard as a trademark.

Unless a business has intellectual property protecting its

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The First Costly Mistake People Make When Branding their Big Idea or Rebranding Their Business brand strategy
January 12, 2020

Eureka! You have hit on an idea that you believe is a spectacular business idea.

Or you have joined the league of inventors with one breathtaking invention of your own. You can hardly wait to launch it and let everybody know ...

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