In this webinar we will discuss how to build a brand for nascent companies, or mature ones that may have missed brand building as a core component of your brand.
AGENDA
Intros
Intro to the course/Overview
Terminology
Laws of Branding
History
Why brand first?
How do I start?
Hire out or in-house?
Building blocks.
Define
Refine
Document
Launch
Identity
Brand Guidelines
Press Kit
SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN
Branding 101
Logo Design Theory 101
Branding Theory 101
Pitch Decks 101
White Papers 101
Typography 101
Color Physiology 101
Semiotics 101
5. Goal
Build a new visual identity that will:
• Reposition us to gain more sales and investment
• Attract new investors
• Increase revenue
• Increase sales
• Visually safeguard our brand
• Have our brand match our audience better
• Have more meaning to what our company stands for
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Have a reason.
Identify a problem and create a reason to build you brand.
6. Why now?
We hit a high point in understanding who we are, it’s imperative to capitalize on that high point and provide guidance and structure to
our focus.
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Explain why the timing is right. Understand if it is.
10. What is a brand system?
The brand system is a set of guidelines that allow everyone in the company to visualize and understand, clearly, how all the elements work
together, how the brand should be applied, and what the core of the brand is.
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11. How long will it take?
The framework for the brand system, elements, is already complete, the only thing left to do is customize it with a logo, colors,
and styles.
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15. What is a brand system?
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The brand system is a set of guidelines that allow everyone in the company to visualize and understand, clearly, how all the elements work
together, how the brand should be applied, and what the core of the brand is.
Repeat terms and phrases. Re-introduce often.
18. Brand System impact
Once we have the brand system in place, our entire viewpoint changes.
DIRECTION FOCUS HYPER-PRODUCTIVE INCREASE OUTPUT ATTRACTION
With a system
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INVESTORS
CUSTOMERS
PARTNERS
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Attraction
Sweet
Spot
19. Brand system composition
This is what a design system is made of.
Elements
Application
Logo
Colors
Motif
Illustrations
Types
Shapes
Voice
Web app
Videos
Emails
Guide
Mobile app
Ads Recruiting
Office
Swag
Blog
Website
Store
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Core
Mission
Attributes
Narrative
We won’t discuss narrative in this class. : (
20. Narrative
Brand narrative is the collective narrative of ideas experiences, and values that represent the tangible depth of the brands emotional
relationship with its customer.
21. Brands stories
Brand stories pick a piece of the narrative, themed within itself, and tell a story about a specific use case.
22. Brand system composition
This is what a design system is made of.
Elements
Application
Logo
Colors
Motif
Types
Shapes
Voice
Web app
Videos
Emails
Guide
Mobile app
Ads Recruiting
Office
Swag
Blog
Website
Store
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Core
Mission
Attributes
Narrative
Illustrations
23. Brand system composition
This is what a design system is made of.
Elements
Application
Logo
Colors
Motif
Illustrations
Types
Shapes
Voice
Web app
Videos
Emails
Guide
Mobile app
Ads Recruiting
Office
Swag
Blog
Website
Store
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Core
Mission
Attributes
Narrative
25. Defining our Core
Mission
______ mission is to introduce next generation genomic technology into the Indian healthcare system, as a means of creating personalized
and preventive health management for the millions of newly health conscious Indians.
Our attributes are…
We will go over them; in this deck.
Our brand narrative is…
In progress
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Make sure you have all of these!
27. What is a Brand?
A brand is: “A customer’s gut feeling about a product, service, or company.”
Branding is not a Logo
A logo is a symbol for the brand
A brand is not a product
A brand is not a promise
A brand is not the sum of all the impressions a company makes on an audience
|| Pause and think about a time you wanted to buy a product, saw an unfamiliar brand, and decided to go with it, based
on your gut.
As defined by Marty Neumeier, Author of The Brand Gap.
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28. The brand is the company’s most valuable asset, on a company's balance sheet.
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30. Brand Name Types
Eponymous
Named after the brand creator.
Disney
Burberry
Tesla
In homage to Nikoli Tesla
Adidas
Adolf Dassler (ADI-DAS)
Descriptive
A description of the service they provide, is in the brand.
American Airlines
Home Depot
Acronymic
Acronym based.
GE
KFC
BP
HSBC
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31. Brand Name Types
Suggestive
When a brand suggests attributes or benefits.
REALWORDS
Uber
Slack
Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge
Associative
When a brand associates itself with an element or item.
Redbull
Amazon
Sirius XM
COMPOSITE WORDS
Facebook
Ray-Ban
INVENTED WORDS
Kleenex
Pinterest
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32. Brand Name Types
Non-English
Brands that have meaning in non-English languages.
Samsung (three stars-Korean)
Hulu (gourd used to store precious things)
Lego (play well-Danish)
Zappos (shoes)
Abstract
No intrinsic meaning, however, they smartly use phonetics
create a powerful meaning.
Rolex
Kodak
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37. Brand Types
Disruptive Brand
Challenges the current ways of doing things and
introduces new concepts that substantively change
the market
Conscious Brand
Is on a mission to make a positive social or
environmental impact or enhance people’s quality of
life
Service Brand
Consistently delivers high-quality customer care and
service
Innovative Brand
Consistently introduces advanced and breakthrough
products and technologies
Value Brand
Offers lower prices for basic quality
Performance Brand
Offers products that deliver superior performance
and dependability
Luxury Brand
Offers higher quality at higher price
Style Brand
Is differentiated through the way its products or
services look and feel, as much as or more than what
they do
Experience Brand
Is differentiated through the experience it provides,
as much as or more than the product or service
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38. Brand Types
Disruptive Brand Conscious Brand Service Brand Innovative Brand Value Brand Performance
Brand
Luxury Brand Experience
Brand
Style Brand
Position
Category Leader
Tone
Rebellious
Confident
Daring
Position
Higher Purpose
Tone
Inspiring
Thoughtful
Transparent
Position
Customer Need
Tone
Humble
Predictable
Friendly
Position
Possibility
Imaginative
Progress
Tone
Category Leader
Position
Populist
Tone
Down-to-earth
practical
straightforward
Position
Performance
Standard
Tone
Precise
Competent
Reliable
Position
Higher-priced
brand
Tone
Discriminating
refined
glamorous
Position
Functional
Tone
Creative
stylish
Contemporary
Position
Customer
Emotion
Tone
Energetic
Imaginative
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43. Yes, but what is a logo?
Lockup Anatomy
Mark Wordmark
Logo Lockup
A logo identifies a business in its simplest form — via the use of a mark or icon.
A logo identifies, it does not, explain.
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44. Connection between a logo and brand
Here’s a visualization of how a logo and
A brand are connected.
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45. Logo requirements
A logo needs to:
1) Stands out and striking
2) Original
3) Memorable
4) Have impact
5) Professionally designed
6) Must identify the brand, not explain
7) Adaptable (16 px)
8) Recognizable (100’ wide)
9) Trigger thoughts and feelings
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46. The power of brands and logos study
The data doesn’t lie! Studies show that the recognizability of a brand and logo, increase brand awareness.
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SEE REFERENCE PDF
47. Why is awareness powerful?
Because it’s the first step in a purchase cycle.
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52. Trademark
A trademark is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression which identifies products or
services of a particular source from those of others, although trademarks used to identify services are usually called service marks.
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53. Emotional ROI, of a trademark
You won't always like a logo right away.
A trademark gains meaning and power overtime.
Day 1 Day ~100
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REMEMBER THIS
55. What is Identity?
Identity is the collection of all elements that a company creates, to portray the right image to its consumer.
Identity is what you can see.
Motion graphics
Bilboards
Letterhead
Envelopes
T-Shirts
Colors
Language
Typeface
Logo
Marks
Styleguides
Company Name
Packaging
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57. What is your brand image?
Image is how consumers perceive the company.
Identity and image must match or business will become difficult to conduct and its value may fall.
When the brand identity and brand image match, the product becomes top of mind for the consumer.
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IDENTITY IMAGE+ =
BUSINESS
FAILURE
IDENTITY IMAGE+ =
TOP
BRAND & PRODUCT
59. Process
Discovery
The first part of the process is the discovery part. This is essentially a research project to gather information about the brand.
Gathered a collective understanding of the company and what we offer. By having interviews with each stakeholder and identifying
patterns, themes, likes, dislikes, and philosophies.
Synthesize
Next, all the information that was gathered will be synthesized into 3 “style-scapes.”
Review and Choose
We will review and choose from 3 choices. We may land on what we love and hate from these three style-scapes. That’s okay. If this
happens we will extract elements, we like, from the 3, and repeat the process; as needed.
Finalize
Finalize and refine the logo.
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60. Goal
Build a new visual identity that will:
• Reposition you to gain more sales and investment
• Attract new investors
• Increase revenue
• Increase sales
• Visually safeguard our brand
• Have our brand match our audience better
• Have more meaning to what our company stands for
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65. High-tech Accurate Help Joy Passionate Clear Useful Transparent
Cutting Edge Curiosity Care Health Scientific Total Package Actionable Genuine
Authority Confidence Truth Convenient Engaging Well being Powerful Value
Medical
Authority
Approachable Simple Medicine Entertaining Informative Vivid Life
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Precise
Illuminating
Enriching
Innovative
Genealogical
Self
Improvement
Health CareImprovingGeneticGenomicCuriosityHistoryPersonal
Synthesis
67. High-tech Accurate Help Joy Passionate Clear Useful Transparent
Cutting Edge Curiosity Care Health Scientific Total Package Actionable Genuine
Authority Confidence Truth Convenient Engaging Well being Powerful Value
Medical
Authority
Approachable Simple Medicine Entertaining Informative Vivid Life
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Precise
Illuminating
Enriching
Innovative
Genealogical
Self
Improvement
Health CareImprovingGeneticGenomicCuriosityHistoryPersonal
Medical
68. High-tech Accurate Help Joy Passionate Clear Useful Transparent
Cutting Edge Curiosity Care Health Scientific Total Package Actionable Genuine
Authority Confidence Truth Convenient Engaging Well being Powerful Value
Medical
Authority
Approachable Simple Medicine Entertaining Informative Vivid Life
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Precise
Illuminating
Enriching
Innovative
Genealogical
Self
Improvement
Health CareImprovingGeneticGenomicCuriosityHistoryPersonal
Genetics
69. High-tech Accurate Help Joy Passionate Clear Useful Transparent
Cutting Edge Curiosity Care Health Scientific Total Package Actionable Genuine
Authority Confidence Truth Convenient Engaging Well being Powerful Value
Medical
Authority
Approachable Simple Medicine Entertaining Informative Vivid Life
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Precise
Illuminating
Enriching
Innovative
Genealogical
Self
Improvement
Health CareImprovingGeneticGenomicCuriosityHistoryPersonal
Precision
70. High-tech Accurate Help Joy Passionate Clear Useful Transparent
Cutting Edge Curiosity Care Health Scientific Total Package Actionable Genuine
Authority Confidence Truth Convenient Engaging Well being Powerful Value
Medical
Authority
Approachable Simple Medicine Entertaining Informative Vivid Life
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Precise
Illuminating
Enriching
Innovative
Genealogical
Self
Improvement
Health CareImprovingGeneticGenomicCuriosityHistoryPersonal
High Value
71. High-tech Accurate Help Joy Passionate Clear Useful Transparent
Cutting Edge Curiosity Care Health Scientific Total Package Actionable Genuine
Authority Confidence Truth Convenient Engaging Well being Powerful Value
Medical
Authority
Approachable Simple Medicine Entertaining Informative Vivid Life
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Precise
Illuminating
Enriching
Innovative
Genealogical
Self
Improvement
Health CareImprovingGeneticGenomicCuriosityHistoryPersonal
Human
77. Final Set
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This set of words, helped inform the stylescapes.
PERSONALIZED
NEXT
GENERATION
HEALTH
78. High-tech Accurate Help Joy Passionate Clear Useful Transparent
Cutting Edge Curiosity Care Health Scientific Total Package Actionable Genuine
Authority Confidence Truth Convenient Engaging Well being Powerful Value
Medical
Authority
Approachable Simple Medicine Entertaining Informative Vivid Life
Precise
Illuminating
Enriching
Innovative
Genealogical
Self
Improvement
Health CareImprovingGeneticGenomicCuriosityHistoryPersonal
Pare Down
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WORKING SESSION
83. High-tech Accurate Help Joy Passionate Clear Useful Transparent
Cutting Edge Curiosity Care Health Scientific Total Package Actionable Genuine
Authority Confidence Truth Convenient Engaging Well being Powerful Value
Medical
Authority
Approachable Simple Medicine Entertaining Informative Vivid Life
Precise
Illuminating
Enriching
Innovative
Genealogical
Self
Improvement
Health CareImprovingGeneticGenomicCuriosityHistoryPersonal
Reference Set
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WORKING SESSION
84. Brand Attributes
Culture
This describes your roots
Passionate
Pioneering
Trustworthy
Valuable
Simple
Privacy-forward
Customer
This describes your customer
Curious
Elite
Urban
Hopeful
Affluent
Health Focused
Voice
This describes how you sound to others
Clear
Direct
Scientific
Genuine
Transparency
Confident
Brave
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Feeling
How others feel about you
Caring
Healthy
Respect
High Quality
Impact
Tangible impact
Street Cred
Save Lives
Understand who I am
Be a leader
Be informed
Be educated
X-Factor
This makes us different
Smart
Real Science
Cutting Edge
Ethical
WORKING SESSION
86. Brand Statement
Name
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Company provides ___________________________ to _____________________
Product or service
????? ?????
Customer
Culture
in a ___________________________ environment with a _____________________.????? ?????
Voice
Helping them feel ___________________________ and _____________________.????? ?????
Feeling Impact
WORKING SESSION
Mission
Company’s mission is to introduce next generation genomic technology into the Indian healthcare system, as a means of creating
personalized and preventive health management for the millions of newly health conscious Indians.
87. Brand Statement
Company provides a health platform to hopeful diabetics in a passionate wellness focused culture, helping them feel,
alive, connected, and inspired to live a better quality life.
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WORKING SESSION
91. Competitive Analysis - Company vs. Competitor 1
Assessment Us/Them
Us
Them
Capability Name
Unique
Capabilities
Us
Them
Best
Capabilities
Us
Them
Same
Capabilities
Us
Them
Poor
Capabilities
Importance to customer
Low
1 2 3 4
High
5
Name X
Name X
Name X
Name X
Name X
Name X
Name X
Name X
WORKING SESSION
94. Love and Hate (Themes)
The purpose of this is to identify what we love and hate. To help us identify what we want our brand to fee like and what we don’t want
it to feel like.
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Things we HateThings we Love
Technical
Nerdy
Pseudoscience
AI, as a buzzword
Politics and controversy
Lack of information
Indian Design
Bad Design
Cluttered Design
Reliability
Trustworthiness
Standardization
Value
Recognizable
Simple
Iconic
Thoughtful
Genuine
Transparency
Well being
Useful
Confident
Brave
Clear informative
Scientific
More is more
Passionate
Math
Entertaining
Engaging
98. Things we LoveThings we Hate
HIGH
LOW
SENTIMENT
SENTIMENTLOW HIGH
BRIGHT
CLEAN
More
color
Toy-LikeCLEAR
DIRTY CLUTTER
PURPOSELESS
SILLY
USELESS
LOW QUALITY
Phylogenetic trees
Visual Styles
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100. Defining a customer
In this nascent stage, a customer is: anyone engaging with us to partner, buy, consume, or invest in our product.
Why?
Because the first engagement with a potential customer is our brand. Our brand will be our vehicle that drives leads.
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101. Customer Regions
Here are our customer regions.
Unless we are creating specific content for a region, our brand is 100% agnostic. Noting regions is necessary to help explain our
proto-personas.
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USA
INDIA
102. USA
Here’s a list of our USA Customers.
Elite Athlete
Early Adopter
Tech Nerd
Enthusiastic Practitioner
Academic
We will need to further refine these.
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WORKING SESSION
103. India
Here’s a list of our India Customers.
Influencer
Matriarch
Enthusiastic Practitioner
Fitness Fanatic
We will need to further refine these.
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WORKING SESSION
104. Vijay Chakravarti
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Married 2 kids
Influencer
Demographics
Male
Vijay (35)
Lives in Delhi
Married for 5 years (arranged)
Vijay works for a tech company (COO), STARTUP
Backstory
Come from a medium sized family/urban
Went to university IIT, Delhi, MBA in the US in
NYC
Religious
Brands: some European, Ritz, Taj, Sports wear
Nike, Apple Watch, iPhone, Mac computer
Customer needs
Exceed their needs
Health checks
Tests based on personalization
Makes him look more informed
His parents are professional/successful
Cutting edge
Family history health
PREVENTION HEALTH CARE
Polygenic risk score
[very sophisticated]
Family history
Prestige
Wants to boast about this in his circles
R1A/R1B
Spouse: Sravia (33)
Children: Krishna (3), Female Priya (1)
105. Latha Chakravarti
Married 2 kids
Matriarch
Demographics
Female
Latha (60)
Lives in: Delhi
Relationship: Married for 37 years (arranged)
Occupation: Stay at home mother, volunteers with
Rotary.
Backstory
Religious:
Brands:
Customer needs
Exceed their needs
Health checks
Tests based on personalization
Makes her look more informed
Comes from a medium sized family/urban
Doesn’t work, really into her families health,
Very close, very tight-knit
St. Stephen's College - PhD Physics
Family health
Concerned about her husbands health
Concerned about heart disease
And her grandchildren’s health and well being
Member of Rotary, like to tell them about
Obtaining genetic data
Spouse: Apparao (62)
Children: Vijay, Male (35), Sandeep, Male (33)
Other Details: Has a cook, is vegetarian.
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106. 106
Divya Singh, MD
Married no kids yet
Enthusiastic Practitioner
Demographics
Gender: Female
Name: Divya Singh (33)
Lives in: Bangalore
Relationship: Married for 6 years (arranged)
Occupation: Doctor at Narayana Health,
Primary Care
Backstory
Comes from a medium sized family/urban
Comes from an affluent family
Brands:
Customer needs
Medical training in UK, undergrad in India
Learn more about genetics
Feel innovative
Prestige of being known
Needs to be a leader in the space
Needs status
Spouse: “Rohit” (35)
Children: None
Exceed their needs
She gets other patients to come to her
Because her rep is spreading about being
A leader of this program
Other Details:
Very interested in genetics
Attracted to her job because she felt they were
very innovative
Orders clothes online, has cousin bring them over
from the US.
Religious:
108. Process
Discovery
The first part of the process is the discovery part. This is essentially a research project to gather information about the brand.
Gathered a collective understanding of the company and what we offer. By having interviews with each stakeholder and identifying
patterns, themes, likes, dislikes, and philosophies.
Synthesize
Next, all the information that was gathered will be synthesized into 3 “style-scapes.”
Review and Choose
We will review and choose from 3 choices. We may land on what we love and hate from these three style-scapes. That’s okay. If this
happens we will extract elements, we like, from the 3, and repeat the process; as needed.
Finalize
Finalize and refine the logo.
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We have three directions
A direction will allow you to think about the stylistic approach you want the logo to go in.
REMEMBER: You are only looking to drive the direction of the logo, by making a decision on which direction to go in. The stylescapes
are tools, to allow you to drive that decision. Make a choice, it's not a commitment, then move on to the logo process.
How to Stylescape??
1) Omit 1 stylescape. You may find one stylescape, just docent work at all. That’s okay, eliminate that one.
2) Choose 1
Or
3) Choose 1 with elements from another stylescape.
What you’re picking out
Colors
Color direction
Feeling
Look
Icon types
Font types
Sensation
And Direction
112. Disclaimer
The brand is agnostic to regions. You will see more westernized styles, but do not expect Indian specific tones, as the brand
feeling, should be agnostic to ethnicity and race.
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120. Do we think we can answer the question about what brand type we want to be?
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121. Brand Types
Disruptive Brand Conscious Brand Service Brand Innovative Brand Value Brand Performance
Brand
Luxury Brand Experience
Brand
Style Brand
Position
Category Leader
Tone
Rebellious
Confident
Daring
Position
Higher Purpose
Tone
Inspiring
Thoughtful
Transparent
Position
Customer Need
Tone
Humble
Predictable
Friendly
Position
Possibility
Imaginative
Progress
Tone
Category Leader
Position
Populist
Tone
Down-to-earth
practical
straightforward
Position
Performance
Standard
Tone
Precise
Competent
Reliable
Position
Higher-priced
brand
Tone
Discriminating
refined
glamorous
Position
Functional
Tone
Creative
stylish
Contemporary
Position
Customer
Emotion
Tone
Energetic
Imaginative
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122. 122
Feedback
Is there one we can eliminate?
Any elements we are drawn to?
Do we want to mix?
FEEDBACK
I like or dislike x y and z.
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124. We ran through words that helped us define what the company is about.
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