Brand

TOP 3 KEYS FOR MAPPING OUT YOUR BRAND STRATEGY

TOP 3 KEYS FOR MAPPING OUT YOUR BRAND STRATEGY

This year Sodablog is going through the key critical steps to prepare for a brand refresh before you brief your designer. Our last blog looked at Step 1. Identifying the signs and to start planning. This post, we are going to look at Step 2. which is mapping out the basic strategy for your brand.

THE SIGNS IT'S TIME TO REFRESH

THE SIGNS IT'S TIME TO REFRESH

Brand Refreshes are a hot topic for businesses at the moment! We have just seen another major Australian brand - AGL refresh, not to mention many real estate agencies including; Barry Plant, Nelson Alexander and Ray White to name a few.

LEAVES ARE CHANGING COLOUR, DOES YOUR BRAND NEED TO CHANGE COLOUR TOO?

LEAVES ARE CHANGING COLOUR, DOES YOUR BRAND NEED TO CHANGE COLOUR TOO?

Refreshing your brand is an important part of the brand life cycle, just like the life cycle of a leaf. When a brand is visually refreshed, there is a process that businesses needs to embrace before going to a designer, to reap the full benefits of a refresh. Otherwise you can be simply conducting a costly window dressing exercise as your potential customer will soon realise that their expectations aren’t being met and or nothing else has changed, and therefor you then won’t benefit from either a repeat purchase or a referral – which is the end game. Right?

5 TIPS FOR YOUR MARKETING IN 2017!

5 TIPS FOR YOUR MARKETING IN 2017!

Being a freelance marketing consultant people often ask me what are your top marketing tips? As we enter this new year, I thought I’d share my 2017 marketing tips for organisations and individuals approaching marketing tasks in 2017.

WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN THE ROOM

WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN THE ROOM

Have you ever stopped to think about what people say about your organisation, when you are not in the room?

It is an interesting thought and a question that taps straight into the strength of your brand. A positive reputation for a brand is crucial for success. Referring back to our last blog post ‘Beauty and the brand,’ this reputation maybe reflective of the inside of your brand (purpose, values, personality & promise) or outside of your brand (positioning, visual & messaging) and 

BEAUTY AND THE BRAND

BEAUTY AND THE BRAND

Recently I have started to explain to people that, like a person, a brand can be beautiful on the inside and outside. As for a great brand, it is beautiful on both sides. It is important to focus first on the inside and build a strategy to reflect that on the outside.

YOUR LOGO IS NOT YOUR BRAND, YOUR CULTURE IS YOUR BRAND

 YOUR LOGO IS NOT YOUR BRAND, YOUR CULTURE IS YOUR BRAND

As a marketer, clients come to Sodablue for marketing advice, strategy, guidance and development. Some are wanting to start their own businesses, to hit the market guns blazing while others are wishing to revamp their current marketing strategy. This usually follows with the statement, ‘I want to create a brand/revitalise my brand’ and due to a common