Inkovations: Brand Strategy

Last week I wrote about how easy it is to fall back on the same bland, well-worn phrases that everyone else in your industry uses.

Instead, I recommended that you build a lexicon of interesting words that express your brand personality and help you communicate with a consistent tone-of-voice.

Your

In a tone of voice workshop I ran several years ago, I tasked the group with using the tone of voice of different celebrities. The funniest one by far was the press release written in the personality of Jamie Oliver. He has such a distinctive way with words, everything’s “pukka”, “rockin”, “outrageous” or “new stylee” in Jamie’s world....

In 2003, Jesse and Julie Mecham were only just married. They were also completely broke… and stressed.

They were anxious because they wanted to finish University without sinking into debt. To help them get by, Jesse created an Excel spreadsheet to manage their meagre income.

It was so useful, he then decided to sell the...

(This is the last installment of our brand archetypes series. Skip to the end to refresh your memory on all twelve archetypes)

Over the last few weeks we’ve been digging into the twelve core archetypes and sharing stories from the brands...

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I don’t necessarily want to tell you this, but I will. My name is Alice and I am a Trekkie.

Yes, I...

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In the late nineties, long before the rise of juicing, nutribullets and an influx of health drinks pulverized from...

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What sort of image does the word ‘magician’ conjure (pun very much intended) up for you? Perhaps it’s a Wizard in a cape...

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It’s official, living near a pub is good for you. Newcastle Business School have conducted a 10-year study into...

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The Hero - in his many guises as Warrior, Champion, Athlete or Soldier - is a dominant force across the legend...

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Do you remember the 1980s Nescafe couple and their story of yuppie love played out over a cup of Gold Blend? What began...