artful brand positioning posts

BLOG Hero - has the world gone colourbland?

Has the world gone colourbland?

I’ve noticed something over the last few years.

Alan Stobie

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What businesses can learn from the Princess and the photo

Trust. It’s the most important currency a brand has. Particularly in the world we live in; that of untruths and desire for instantaneous information.

Andy Groundwater

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6 steps to crisis comms

Ensuring your business is prepared for any number of potential crises will allow you to maintain a positive and professional reputation.

Jennifer Maclennan

Showing, not just telling.

Showing, not just telling.

Given the current Coronavirus pandemic, clearly we need to be extremely cautious about venturing outside but if, like me, you have been out for a daily walk round your neighbourhood (respecting social distancing of course) you might notice something

Owen Davies

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The Great Audience Race

As a rule, change happens more slowly than people predict but, in hindsight, more radically than industry expects. Don't lose sight of your brand.

Steve Milne

FR Blog - effective messaging that's relevant to your audience

Effective messaging that's relevant to your audience

When engaging in conversations that are meant to be persuasive or to influence your listener’s actions (for example, a sales pitch, an email campaign, or a call to action), your goal should be that your listener both receives and retains your

Chris Wolf

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Make good, strategic, rational decisions about your brand.

The fundamental challenge that we have when applying reason to the subject of brand is that great brand is great emotion. But here’s why you still need the rational, in-depth, analytical approach, to have the right positioning and messaging.

Peter Lyall

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Fifth Ring Houston’s Time Capsule to Be Opened In 08/08/28

The Fifth Ring Houston team recently buried a time capsule in celebration of its 10th anniversary. The time capsule—to be opened on 08/08/28—is meant to reflect on the past, celebrate the present and envision the future. Below is the message that

Fifth Ring

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Why the online giants are big on paper

Where it’s widely regarded that the majority of the ad industry has been focusing on digital ad platforms, there’s something interesting going on.

Alan Stobie

The most important thing modern CEOs are doing to strengthen their brand

It’s an interesting world out there for the modern CEO in the world of oil and gas. Not only has the economic environment altered, technology has changed how buyers behave as well. It’s no longer enough to continue saying the same things to the same

Alan Stobie