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Private Label Brands & How to Revive the Department Store

Private labels: The crown jewels of a department store or the noose around its neck – a new idea on…

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(Re)Discovering Your Prospector’s Heart

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What’s Your True Value Again?

5 Questions to (re)discover your True Value and reconnect with your customer What is the True Value of your company?…

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Before You Spend More to Reconnect with Your Customer, Rediscover Your True Purpose First

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#WomensDay: 5 Brand Marketing Insights with Our Brand Experts

Meet the brand experts: What is a brand. Why you should invest in it. And examples of remarkable recent brand…

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18 New Trend-Based Ideas from Marketing in July

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17 New Trend-Based Ideas from Marketing in June

Driving sales, repurposing social media and getting really creative with UX and brands: top trends from marketing in June –…

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Sell Your Wine: 7 Questions for Every Winemaker

Start by asking: Who’s drinking my wine? Are you talking to the guys who visited your farm? – the key…

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22 New Marketing Ideas from May

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3 Ideas for Your Business to Survive the Virus

Beyond lockdown: If things don’t go back to normal, ensure your business survives the virus – our team brings you…

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7 New Marketing Ideas This Week

Fresh inspiration in under 1 minute: Every week, our team distils the latest trends and analysis into innovative marketing ideas…

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(Re)Discovering Your Prospector’s Heart

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Before You Spend More to Reconnect with Your Customer, Rediscover Your True Purpose First

Where did my customers go? Are they still out there? How do I  re-engage and reconnect with a customer? Maybe…

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Effective Marketing Means Knowing Yourself: 10 Questions with Christo Maritz

From strategic design and innovative brand positioning – Design Infestation founder Christo Maritz talks creativity and marketing The value of…

Running Footwear Shoot – call for runners

We are looking for fun and energetic runners for a paid running/sports style shoot in early May. The brand that we will be shooting for is 361 degrees. See details below: Requirements: Women need to fit into a size 5…

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Private Label Brands & How to Revive the Department Store

Private labels: The crown jewels of a department store or the noose around its neck – a new idea on how to get the balance just right Let’s just get the elephant out of the way: The fashion department store…

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(Re)Discovering Your Prospector’s Heart

How to win better in any size business We often assume that big businesses have it all figured out. The settled mine with huge infrastructure and ever-improving means of extracting more and more precious material from the staked-out land it…

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What’s Your True Value Again?

5 Questions to (re)discover your True Value and reconnect with your customer What is the True Value of your company? Why? Because in a demand crisis, customers are more discerning with their spend. But, even in this uncertainty, there’s good…

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Before You Spend More to Reconnect with Your Customer, Rediscover Your True Purpose First

Where did my customers go? Are they still out there? How do I  re-engage and reconnect with a customer? Maybe we should find our True Selves first We’re seeing the impact of a global demand crisis.  The seemingly necessary public-health…

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#WomensDay: 5 Brand Marketing Insights with Our Brand Experts

Meet the brand experts: What is a brand. Why you should invest in it. And examples of remarkable recent brand work. This #WomensDay, we highlight some of the amazing skills and insights of the team that help make our brand…

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18 New Trend-Based Ideas from Marketing in July

From brand collabs and advanced customer experience to rediscovering your “why” in uncertain times, these are the top trends from marketing in July – to inform your future planning Why big brands want small agencies. The big Twitter advertising guide.…

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Carve Your Own Unique Space: 12 Insights With Sheena Crowie

From setting your brand apart to doing things that matter in the real world, Sheena Crowie talks brands, strategic design and the future of marketing Focusing on trust. Making others feel included. And ensuring it works in the real world.…

Brand, Design and Marketing News

Our BrandPro team brings you regular news, views, insights and trends – see our weekly marketing ideas – to get ahead and stay competitive. See our special guide to marketing during COVID-19.

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The complexity of finding simplicity

“If branding is the sum of a customer’s experience with an organization, then every touchpoint and channel is an opportunity to deliver a powerful brand experience,” explains San Francisco-based strategic branding firm Siegel + Gale in the 2015 edition of…

Creating a stand-out brand

The thinking behind stand-out brands

The business world is more competitive than ever. That’s why it’s critical to have your finger on the pulse of your brand’s health at all times. This means knowing where your business lies within its life cycle. Is it growing, has it…

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(Re)Discovering Your Prospector’s Heart

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Carve Your Own Unique Space: 12 Insights With Sheena Crowie

From setting your brand apart to doing things that matter in the real world, Sheena Crowie talks brands, strategic design and the future of marketing Focusing on trust. Making others feel included. And ensuring it works in the real world.…

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22 New Marketing Ideas from May

Innovative sales, out of the box social media and truly creative tips and tricks – our collection of marketing ideas from May 2020 Automating sales. Marketing your brand purpose. And building deeper customer relationships – even in a crisis. We’ve…

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Partnering with your agency, vs. in-house creative delivery

You want to save money, be more efficient and retain control of your brand all at the same time correct? So should you consider an in-house marketing delivery to achieve this? Now, there’s nothing wrong with arguing for in-house marketing,…

Designing exhibitions: making history come alive

We recently delivered a series of striking displays for three very different exhibition projects. In this article we share some of what we learned through the process. We were privileged to work with Urban Brew Studios, and the University of…

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Why content marketing and why it works

Content marketing is a strategic marketing tool that is based on the creation, publishing and dissemination of content that is useful and relevant, with the aim of building engaged content communities on a segmented level and converting those communities into…

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Private Label Brands & How to Revive the Department Store

Private labels: The crown jewels of a department store or the noose around its neck – a new idea on how to get the balance just right Let’s just get the elephant out of the way: The fashion department store…

win, better, purpose, direction, business, big, small, company, prospector’s heart, the key, secret, how to, which

(Re)Discovering Your Prospector’s Heart

How to win better in any size business We often assume that big businesses have it all figured out. The settled mine with huge infrastructure and ever-improving means of extracting more and more precious material from the staked-out land it…

true, value, of, your, company, Find yourself, save yourself.

What’s Your True Value Again?

5 Questions to (re)discover your True Value and reconnect with your customer What is the True Value of your company? Why? Because in a demand crisis, customers are more discerning with their spend. But, even in this uncertainty, there’s good…

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Before You Spend More to Reconnect with Your Customer, Rediscover Your True Purpose First

Where did my customers go? Are they still out there? How do I  re-engage and reconnect with a customer? Maybe we should find our True Selves first We’re seeing the impact of a global demand crisis.  The seemingly necessary public-health…

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#WomensDay: 5 Brand Marketing Insights with Our Brand Experts

Meet the brand experts: What is a brand. Why you should invest in it. And examples of remarkable recent brand work. This #WomensDay, we highlight some of the amazing skills and insights of the team that help make our brand…

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18 New Trend-Based Ideas from Marketing in July

From brand collabs and advanced customer experience to rediscovering your “why” in uncertain times, these are the top trends from marketing in July – to inform your future planning Why big brands want small agencies. The big Twitter advertising guide.…

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Carve Your Own Unique Space: 12 Insights With Sheena Crowie

From setting your brand apart to doing things that matter in the real world, Sheena Crowie talks brands, strategic design and the future of marketing Focusing on trust. Making others feel included. And ensuring it works in the real world.…

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7 New Marketing Ideas This Week

Fresh inspiration in under 1 minute: Every week, our team distils the latest trends and analysis into innovative marketing ideas for you to use 17 July 2020 Stories of loyalty. Championing a cause. And 3 new businesses born of the…

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All About Touching Lives: 9 Insights with Anton Pople

From creating your brand persona to enabling it to work for you, Anton Pople talks brands, strategy and forging powerful emotional connections with customers Falling in love. Creating your own destiny. And touching people’s lives. Design Infestation senior graphic designer…

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17 New Trend-Based Ideas from Marketing in June

Driving sales, repurposing social media and getting really creative with UX and brands: top trends from marketing in June – to inform your future planning New social media tools. Next-level customer experience. And meaningful messages. We’ve collected 18 of our…