Journal
An honest opinion.
Brand Naming
Five Tips for your next Naming Project
TalkTalk have launched FibreNation – a company to help build a new broadband network for Britain. And we worked with them to name and brand the new organisation.
Brand Insight, Brand Strategy
The Importance of Expertise
I’ve been asked to prepare a presentation on how Good has come to appreciate and sell the value of design. When I sat down to think about this journey, it was hard to plot how we got to where we are.
Brand Strategy
How to make people love your brand
Building that special something with your audience is hard, but not impossible. Here’s three tips to help build the love and get the juices flowing.
Brand Strategy, Digital Channels
Go Beyond Digital Transformation to Digital Maturity
Digital Maturity is a term to describe how developed a brand or business is within the digital environment. It’s important because the most digitally mature brands communicate best with today’s digital-first customers.
Brand Strategy
Good advice on Good branding
So far in this series on what we feel constitutes Good branding, I’ve talked about Filson and its reach with the far-flung members of its family. And, I’ve waxed lyrical about Nike’s discipline in using brand to drive decisions where others wouldn’t.
Brand Creation & Evolution
How to build a brand: Start with words
From time to time we face an interesting moment during that first client presentation when we’re introducing a new brand. We’ll take them through values and positioning matrices. Through the insight we’ve gleaned to give the brand the best possible start.
Content Delivery
Gated Content- To gate or not to gate?
Gated content is one of those terms used by marketers rather than real people. Marketers see it as a lead generator, a transaction of information for your details by filling out a form and only then can you download that sweet, sweet PDF.
Brand Strategy
More Good Branding
I recently wrote a post on the definition of good branding, where I used a young Filson store assistant in Portland as a great example of how good branding can positively influence behaviour in both staff and customers.
Brand Strategy
What is Good Branding?
So the call comes in from on high. We need a blog post on our definition of branding.
Marketing Strategy
Getting the right marketing plan
This might sound overly simplistic, but one of the questions we keep asking ourselves (and our clients) is ‘how does this contribute to the plan?’
Good to know, Brand Insight, Brand Guardianship
The Good Guide to Pitching
A great day has dawned. We’ve accepted an invitation to pitch that we’re all happy with!
Market Research
Measuring Design Effectiveness
Let's be honest. There’s no straightforward methodology to measuring design effectiveness.