A strategy is knowing where you want to play and how you want to win. A brand strategy is playing in the right customer’s mind, and winning with a brand promise, personality and position that are compelling, credible and competitive. At Distility, we are pragmatists. We are passionate in our …
Lance Armstrong Livestrong: the Story of a Broken Brand
Here at Distility, we are fans of Lance Armstrong. He is a champion cyclist, a cancer survivor, and he has used his celebrity to create the Livestrong Foundation and support millions in their battle against cancer. But now his brand is taking heavy damage. On Thursday August 23rd, 2012, the …
The Batman Brand Strategy
In 1939 the Batman made his first appearance in Detective Comics #27. Six issues later he got his origin story when Americans were introduced to the young Bruce Wayne who witnesses his parents murdered in cold blood. Bruce swears to avenge their deaths and as the years pass, he steels …
How to Use Your Brand Strategy in Your Brand Advertising
Don’t Create Your Brand Advertising Until You’re Clear on Your Brand Strategy Your brand strategy – brand promise, brand position, brand personality – is how you win space in your customer’s mind. When it comes time to create a brand advertising campaign, it is important to ensure that your campaign embodies your …
Unlock Your Brand Advantage and Win More
At Distility, we are passionate about helping teams unlock their brand advantage. We are also convinced that this cannot be done without a clear and simple brand strategy. In essential terms, the goal of any strategy is determining where you will play and how you will win. Brand strategy addresses …
An Authentic Brand Motivates Employees Better Than Money
Human resource experts, academics, business leaders and writers have researched and written extensively on the power of purpose as a motivator for employee performance. In fact, Daniel Pink in his book Drive posits that the carrot and stick approach — where money is used as both carrot and stick — is …
Apple – The Most Distilled Global Corporate Brand
Today, Apple pushed Google out of top place for the title of the “Most Valuable Global Brand” in the BrandZ Top100 ranking of the most valuable global brands. How did they get there? By being the 21st century’s most distilled brand.
Integrating Winning Strategy: Business Strategy v. Brand Strategy
Distility was very fortunate to have Dean Roger Martin and Assistant Dean Suzanne Spragge of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, spend an hour with us in the Distility Lab this week. The visit exceeded expectations since not only was it immensely gratifying to have positive feedback on …
Critical Branding Conversation: Audience Need
By Pete Kloppenburg The key conversations we’ve discussed up to now have been strategic choices. When we ask “who is our audience?”, we’re effectively choosing the people we need to talk to. When we ask “who is our competition?”, we are effectively choosing what company we will keep, and what …
New Brand Helps XYZ Interactive Technologies Land Key Contract
Stronger Brand Helps Distility 1day1brand Alumni Secure Contract to Develop Prototypes for Multi-Billion Dollar International Client XYZ Interactive Technologies is a start-up research and development company headquartered at the MaRS Discovery District. The company has developed GestureSense technology that will enable you to control all the electronics in your home …
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