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The History of Branding

The history of branding goes something like this:
This is mine:

This is better:

I am like this:

When your audience intuitively understands what “like this” means, then you have a winning, sustainable brand.

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Universal Truth

Situation:
Between bands as a drummer I picked up the guitar. I’ve been playing a few years, and written a few decent songs. The craft of songwriting is interesting. Within certain parameters you want to compose a memorable melody, tell a compelling story, create a certain mood, and connect with an audience.  It’s the connecting part [...]

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Stand for something people feel passionate about.

As a leader, you are your organization’s principal story teller. Employees, customers and stakeholders all look to you to set the theme and develop the plot. Tell a great story and they all want to become characters in it. Every interaction and transaction becomes charged with meaning and drama. In a good story, threats and [...]

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