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The Artist: A lesson in communication

By on January 19th    /    Design and communication    /    0 Comments
It’s got (almost) no spoken words and it’s black and white. So what has The Artist got to teach us about communication in this digital, 21st Century? I heard someone [...]

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Answer the question

By on December 4th    /    Audience and customers    /    0 Comments
What do your customers want to know? When they’re interested in buying, what do they want to hear? This question came up at one of our seminars. We were talk [...]

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Loud and clear: Brand communication

By on August 15th    /    Design and communication    /    0 Comments
Brand is all about communication. A key communication tool for a brand is design. And design – good design – is all about clarity. The video, below, is also all [...]

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Think small, win big

By on August 9th    /    Rewards and benefits    /    0 Comments
It’s the big things in business that are important. It’s an easy assumption to make, isn’t it? But if you can focus on the little things – the detail – [...]

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Get out of the way

By on August 2nd    /    Brand creation    /    0 Comments
As a business owner you are probably responsible for the growth and development of your business. You have invested your knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm into the business to make it [...]

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A flying lesson in brand building

By on July 22nd    /    Brand creation    /    0 Comments
Are you aiming to be better? Or do you want to be the best? I had the opportunity to listen to a former Red Arrows pilot speak at an event [...]

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Brand tip: Go and find them

By on July 11th    /    Brand Tip    /    0 Comments
When it comes to your customers, you have to go and find them. Don’t wait for them to come to you. There will always be an exception, but generally speaking, [...]

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Happy Birthday, Coca Cola!

By on July 5th    /    Design and communication    /    0 Comments
This year Coca Cola celebrates 125 years of trading. Quite an achievement. From the first sales in a pharmacy in Atlanta, to one of the world’s leading brands (worth over [...]

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And the winners is…

By on June 15th    /    Brand creation    /    0 Comments
I talk to a lot of business owners, and one of the most frequent conversations they embark on is about how competitive their sector is… no matter what sector they’re [...]

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Your brand in three words

By on May 25th    /    Brand creation    /    0 Comments
Gucci – the leading fashion brand – went through an exercise where each of the companies within the Gucci Group had to define the essence of their brand in three [...]

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