I took some heat for my last post on how the new GAP logo was better. In that post, I explained how the old square shape makes it smaller than competitors, and how the old serif font is out of tune with their otherwise ubiquitous use of Helvetica. Soon after …
Apple Brand Strategy Leaked in Microsoft Slide!
Hours ago, CNET and other tech sites featured a purported leaked Windows 8 document. It looks real. Especially convincing is the sad “How Apple does it: A Virtuous Cycle” slide. (image above from leaked document above) The Virtuous Cycle: A strong brand promises “That it will just work” It does …
Brand Scammed! Branding Agencies Exposed
Branding is so loveable when it fuses a team’s passion with a customer’s need. When it separates that team from the pack. When it imbues everything they do with an authentic sense of personality. When it helps good companies and good causes win the day. But I hate the bad …
The Diffuse Brand Strategy – What Went Wrong?
This post is one in a series on our biggest brand strategy secret here at Distility: That most bad brands can be traced back to a failure of exploration, a failure of commitment, or both. This diagram sums up the way most brands go wrong, and what it takes to …
The Conformist Brand Strategy
This post is one in a series on our biggest brand strategy secret here at Distility: That most bad brands can be traced back to a failure of exploration, a failure of commitment, or both. This diagram sums up the way most brands go wrong, and what it takes to …
The Authentic Brand Strategy
This post is one in a series on our biggest brand strategy secret here at Distility: That most bad brands can be traced back to a failure of exploration, a failure of commitment, or both. This diagram sums up the way most brands go wrong, and what it takes to …
Brand Strategy = Exploration & Commitment
In our last post, we introduced Distility’s big brand strategy secret: At the heart of our approach lies a deep cultivation of the way a team explores and commits to their brand. Based on the quality of the team’s exploration and commitment, they can arrive at four distinct brand strategies: Fragmented …
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