Brands As Storylines
The temptation when you’re working with a brand is to continue to treat it just as a product or service.
NEW THINKING
The temptation when you’re working with a brand is to continue to treat it just as a product or service.
Paul Marsden’s piece on “Thinking Fast and Slow” raised some great marketing implications from Daniel Kahneman’s work that are well worth reading.
I remember years ago when my inquisitive 5 year-old daughter was watching me drawing some logo ideas in my Moleskin sketchbook.
Too many brands continue to fail at convincingly placing what they have to offer inside the lives of the people they are trying to reach. A lot of that seems to come down to a simple mis-alignment of priorities: while marketing teams ponder data and speak earnestly about really understanding their buyers as individuals, those interests are not reflected as clearly as they should be in what they end up saying.
Brands, just like people, have a voice – the tone, manner and personality of communication that distinguishes one personality from another. Brand Voice is a more specific and highly useful tool for marketers to create and manage the unique personality of their brands over time.