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Using a Web Redesign as a Launchpad to Create a Brand Strategy
It starts with comments from the sales team, “our customers can’t find what they need on our website.” It moves to grumbling in management meetings, “our website it out of date. It doesn’t reflect us at all anymore.” Finally, a budget for a new website build gets...
Brand Identity Concepts: Tying Generosity and Scarcity Marketing to Brand Strategy
When you think of your company brand, do you tie your marketing methods to your overall brand strategy? Or are those methods siloed to the type of campaign you’re running? There are so many different ways to approach marketing. Some are based in psychology, others in...
Brand Planning for the New Year
As October is in full swing, many companies are working on the process of budgeting for next year. Most companies will have a line item for marketing. If your company does not, as a vitally important endeavor, it is worth asking why. But, very few companies, unless...
The Visuals Your Brand Uses are Integral to the Company Story
I saw a meme the other day showing two images, both saying “I will always find you”. One was in a curvy typeface with hearts as the dots on the letter “i”. The other was a scratchy typeface that looked like it had been carved into something. The subline was “Fonts...
Reviewing Visual and Messaging Hierarchies in Marketing Collateral
If you’ve spent time on the interwebs, you have likely heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which talks about meeting the most basic needs first – food, water, shelter, sleep – and then moving up the pyramid to self-actualization. And you’ve probably seen some form...
Corbae Creative Is a Virtual Agency
We all telecommute from our home offices. Here’s why. Agile work, telework, remote work, virtual work, call it what you like, leaving the traditional office behind and substituting technology for travel has some great benefits. Imagine freeing up over 11 days, the...
For Solar Marketing & Design, Consistency Builds Trust
The future of solar may look positive, but the solarcoaster of recent years has diminished trust in PV, especially in the residential market. Much-hyped companies made large promises and then shifted rapidly in other directions or disappeared entirely. Driven by...
Who is the Champion of Your Solar Brand Story?
All solar brands have a story. For startups, the story may revolve around the core of why the founder started the business in the first place. The founder saw a problem and wanted to fix it. Or, the founder felt they could fix a problem in a new and innovative way....
Leads at the Speed of Solar Marketing
Or, how your marketing strategies effect how long it takes to get solar leads. (Hint: there is no magic marketing elixir.) I love content marketing. I read more blogs and listen to more podcasts than is probably healthy. An infographic will always get my attention....
Customer Intent: Meeting People Where They Are
You may have heard of marketing intent. What does it mean? Think about the sales funnel, going from awareness to consideration to decision to, if you’re doing your job right, brand champion. Intent combines that sales funnel with understanding what the potential...