This milk alternatives battle is udderly intense! 🐄 Check out our #tellthetruths video and then let us know what YOU think. Will your favorite brand milk the competition, or will it be creamed? Share your thoughts!
From Icky To Irresistible: Deception or Genius?
Reframing category names to nudge perceptions is one of the most powerful tools in a marketer’s arsenal. Sometimes, this work is quite brilliant.
Check out this #tellthetruths video to catch some really great examples. Then let us know what you think, and whether you think it’s right.
The Name Swap Filter: Part 1
Regular viewers of BrandTrue videos already know that we’re not TOO serious, but this one is all for fun.
We’ve taken a stab at some famous brand names that we’ve decided would have been even better as names for completely different products.
Check out this #tellthetruths video for a giggle and please, please, please share your suggestions for similar name swaps.
We’ve got lots more ideas already, and will keep going if you guys like this game.
Tell Me How You Really FEEL!
What Are Core Emotional Strategies?? And why might your brand need this concept???
Rebeca often talks about the ways that Brand Strategy tends to overcomplicate things. So in this #tellthetruths video she shares a concept she’s been noodling with — to try to boil down the emotional impact of a brand to one or two of the core emotions identified by therapists.
It’s a similar tool to using archetypes but one that she argues is a lot simpler and easier to use.
Check it out, then let us know what YOU think.
Battle Of The Brands: Skyline vs. Goldstar!
This is one to get all of the Cincinnatians RILED UP.
Rebeca is speaking here strictly from the perspective of these two brand names, not which chili is better. (Too controversial!)
Check out her analysis of the different advantages of each name, then let us know what YOU think.
How Non-Profits Benefit From Powerful Name Changes
You guys enjoyed talking about non-profit name changes previously, and there’s a lot of great work being done here, so we’re revisiting the topic.
Check out our latest #tellthetruths video to catch more intriguing examples of the ways in which non-profits are changing their names to be more emotional and convey a sense of urgency.
Then, be sure to let us know what YOU think, or share any other examples you might have.
Does This Name Suck: Sit Still
First of all, what do you think the brand name “Sit Still” might be referring to? Pretty confusing, right? And then how does that phrase make you feel? Yeah, you probably know where this #tellthetruths video is headed. Check it out to hear more, then please weigh in with your reaction
Where Are All The Boy Scouts?
The Boy Scouts have changed the name of their organization, so you KNOW we have thoughts! Check out this #tellthetruths video to hear what we think of their new name.
When Mixed Messages Are A Good Thing
We usually treat mixed messages as a poor way of communicating. But brand names that contain a pinch of negativity, or even an idea opposite the one you’d expect, have been very popular for some time now. Why is that? Why do they work? Check out this #tellthetruths video to hear Rebeca’s unscientific (yet somehow also scientific) pet hypothesis on how this works. Then weigh in with your own theory!
