Crafting a new brand identity requires vision, restraint and execution—a combination only the most capable brand stewards achieve. But there are key qualities for which a team should strive for during the creative process, and by keeping them in mind, can ensure an impactful outcome.

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Three qualities of a memorable logo

Crafting a new brand identity requires vision, restraint and execution—a combination only the most capable brand stewards achieve. But there are key qualities for which a team should strive for during the creative process, and by keeping them in mind, can ensure an impactful outcome.

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As the human cost of Covid-19 escalates, so does the economic cost. With a baseline predication of global GDP contraction sitting at 5.2%, the fallout has been significant. Despite this, many see big opportunities.

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Branding for an Initial Public Offering: Simple. Purposeful. Memorable. Scalable.

As the human cost of Covid-19 escalates, so does the economic cost. With a baseline predication of global GDP contraction sitting at 5.2%, the fallout has been significant. Despite this, many see big opportunities.

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Here are five tips to consider to help you make the most of what you have when rationalizing your brand portfolio.

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Brand Architecture: Five tips for rationalizing your portfolio

Here are five tips to consider to help you make the most of what you have when rationalizing your brand portfolio.

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Brands today don’t exist in a vacuum. They’re not unilateral, broadcasting to the world what they want people to believe about them. They’re dynamic, shaped and felt by people – their customers, their partners, their investors or their employees – across every touchpoint. Each audience passes judgement based on how that brand shows up, how it speaks to them, and how it makes them feel.

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Experience: Listen. Simplify. Adapt.

Brands today don’t exist in a vacuum. They’re not unilateral, broadcasting to the world what they want people to believe about them. They’re dynamic, shaped and felt by people – their customers, their partners, their investors or their employees – across every touchpoint. Each audience passes judgement based on how that brand shows up, how it speaks to them, and how it makes them feel.

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Today, brand is more than a name, logo, tagline, advertising campaign or even the marketing department’s sole purview. A brand’s success is measured by the summation of the touchpoints all stakeholders—customers, employees, partners, investors, community—have with an organization. When a brand is well-managed, stakeholder experiences align with the expectations set by marketing communications and the brand grows in value over time. However, sometimes brands lose relevance and need to be reconsidered, a process known as rebranding. Here are six scenarios when a company might want to consider rebranding.

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6 reasons to rebrand

Today, brand is more than a name, logo, tagline, advertising campaign or even the marketing department’s sole purview. A brand’s success is measured by the summation of the touchpoints all stakeholders—customers, employees, partners, investors, community—have with an organization. When a brand is well-managed, stakeholder experiences align with the expectations set by marketing communications and the brand grows in value over time. However, sometimes brands lose relevance and need to be reconsidered, a process known as rebranding. Here are six scenarios when a company might want to consider rebranding.

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2020 has not gone to plan. Our previous CMO study, conducted during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, revealed a set of leaders focused on steering their businesses and teams through uncharted waters with unbelievable agility, and who were also beginning to look to the future.

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In their words: B2B tech CMOs on what’s next

2020 has not gone to plan. Our previous CMO study, conducted during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, revealed a set of leaders focused on steering their businesses and teams through uncharted waters with unbelievable agility, and who were also beginning to look to the future.

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In SMPL Q+A, we interview Siegel+Gale practitioners on all things relevant to branding. Here, we speak with our West Coast team about our rebranding work for the global business and cloud consultancy SADA.

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SADA: Using technology to create meaningful change

In SMPL Q+A, we interview Siegel+Gale practitioners on all things relevant to branding. Here, we speak with our West Coast team about our rebranding work for the global business and cloud consultancy SADA.

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Five principles that will spell success for any M&A-related brand exercise, helping brand managers to design processes and outcomes that mobilize employees and customers alike...

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Matt Egan: Brand building for the coming wave of corporate M&A

Five principles that will spell success for any M&A-related brand exercise, helping brand managers to design processes and outcomes that mobilize employees and customers alike...

The economic meltdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will have severe secular repercussions in the US, Europe and around the world...

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Lisa Kane: An open letter to a CEO – Considerations for rebranding

The economic meltdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will have severe secular repercussions in the US, Europe and around the world...

Whether it’s for a rebrand or a new brand, product or service, your company’s name(s) play a vital role in your brand experience. If you’ve been a brand marketer long enough, you will come to recognize and be asked to name to trends. The key problem with this ask is that trends disappear, and what you’re left with is a neon sign of a forgotten time.

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The myth of the “short name”

Whether it’s for a rebrand or a new brand, product or service, your company’s name(s) play a vital role in your brand experience. If you’ve been a brand marketer long enough, you will come to recognize and be asked to name to trends. The key problem with this ask is that trends disappear, and what you’re left with is a neon sign of a forgotten time.

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