Clients often worry that they can’t use a name if someone else has it. While we love to have unique names whenever possible, it’s not necessarily the kiss of death if someone else is using the word you want for your brand.
Don’t Do All The Things: Part 3
Are you doing too much on social media, maybe promoting your business on too many platforms? In this video, I talk about focusing on the steps that are most important to build your business, including being on the most important social media in a powerful way, versus diluting your efforts by trying to be everywhere.
Don’t Do All The Things: Part 1
Please, for the love of all that is good, don’t do all the things in your business! In this video, I talk about a different way to think about niching down. Rather than seeing it as giving up any parts of your business, let’s reframe it as focusing in on those things that form the credible core of your brand.
The Two Types of Acronyms
How bad are acronyms? I still think they’re a pretty awful way to make a brand name but in this #tellthetruths video, I wanted to explain how some acronyms can be marginally better than others.
What’s The Story?
What are your favorite brand stories? My LinkedIn friend Janice Cave asked me what some of my favorite brand stories are. I recorded this #tellthetruths video at the time, and am finally sharing it now.
Fun & Memorable Brand Names
How do you craft fun and memorable brand names? In this #tellthetruths video I outline two very common and powerful ways to make names that are charming and easier to remember: alliteration and rhyming.
All Brands Right Now
Have you seen this? At first, I laughed, but now I’m torn between mocking all these different brands for coming up with the EXACT same ad… and scratching my head wondering what else they could possibly have done!
New Age Rules For Branding
What can we possibly learn about branding by applying a new age, spiritual lens? Check out this #tellthetruths video where I apply the four questions of cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien to the task of creating and managing brands.
Naming Using Emotional Benefits
How can you make brand names that are more interesting and evocative? Use emotional benefits to inform your brainstorming. The idea here is that you want to think about the emotions, desired feelings and attributes that you’re going for, and then think about which words evoke those desired responses.
