4 essential ingredients you want in your marketing brief
A marketing brief is a deceptively straight forward document that should never be underestimated. Why? If you thump one out quickly and only include the basic headline stuff – what you want, when you want it, how much you want to spend – you’re missing out on some critical content. Like anything, it’s easy when you […]
Authenticity speaks for itself
Recently, we saw an ad made by the Liberal party go viral. For all the wrong reasons. The ad attempted to depict a regular tradie, on a regular building site, saying some regular things to convince voters. But unfortunately for the Coalition, Australia saw this. Ironically, the advert was mercifully mocked by the very people […]
Virtual Reality. Are we there yet?
Every year for the past 10 years, I’ve heard that Virtual Reality will be the next big thing. Brands today want their consumers to have immersive experiences and I can’t think of anything more immersive than VR. So why hasn’t VR gone mainstream yet, and will VR actually be the next big thing in the […]
Logo Design Processes – Don’t just try and wing it
The visual identity of your business is often the first port of call for your clients. It’s make or break stuff. If you miss the mark you’ll likely be waving goodbye to business. The ultimate goal of a logo is instant recognition. It needs to be memorable and simplicity is an important factor in achieving […]
Colour choice: How it impacts upon your brand.
The connections we make with colour during our lives stay with us forever: colour retains memories, and memories retain colour. Colour corresponds, communicates and has incredible cultural value and meaning. It informs us about everything in our surrounds, such as the change of the seasons (hello Spring!), whether to stop or keep going, and whether […]
Creating a voice for your brand
Wouldn’t it be cool if when your company started talking, your customers knew it was you even before you introduced yourself? It’d be kind of like it was in the olden days before caller ID, when you picked up you knew it was Aunty Sue just from the way she launched into the boring-est story […]
Building Big Strong Brands
Few people who have kids would argue that parenting is easy. It takes constant, hard work and lots of it. It’s not a set and forget scenario, it takes continuous supervision and monitoring, evaluation and negotiation. The same goes for your brand. And many brand managers, marketers and business owners will, quite rightly, see their […]
Social Media – so how much is too much?
Social Media is a constantly changing mix of channels that bring new and exciting opportunities to connect with your customers, your people and the all-important new business prospects. But, how much is too much? How many channels? How many posts per day? Or is it posts per week? Or (eek!) posts per hour? Just about […]
The 7 most common Instagram mistakes
While Instagram is easy and fun to use, not having a clear strategy is likely to end up with mediocre results and disengagement of your customers and loyal followers. With 300 million daily users, Instagram is definitely worth the time and effort and presents a great opportunity to market your products and engage with your […]
It’s all about the numbers baby.
Let’s face it, as business people who are in the business of selling and marketing we spend most of our time asking ourselves different versions of the same two questions; How can I get more customers/revenue? Why can’t I find enough time to dedicate to selling/marketing/nurturing? Along the same line most of us have heard […]