Branding

Branding

  • Brand = adjective. Everything you do with regard to advertising and design—whether it's creating the packaging or designing the website—should fall under that one adjective and then continue to adhere to absolutely draconian standards of simplicity.

  • What they're going to remember a brand for, the way they're going to label it in their mental filing system, is with a word. 


Naming

  • 5 Qualities of a Super Sticky Name

    Suggestive – evokes something about your brand

    Meaningful – resonates with your audience

    Imagery – is visually evocative to aid in memory

    Legs – lends itself to a theme for extended mileage

    Emotional – moves people

  • 7 Deadly Sins

    Spelling-challenged – looks like a typo

    Copycat – similar to competitors’ names

    Restrictive – limits future growth

    Annoying – forced, frustrates customers

    Tame – flat, descriptive, uninspired

    Curse of Knowledge – only insiders get it

    Hard-to-pronounce – not obvious or is unapproachable


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