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What makes a great brand? Creative strategies, models and various other building blocks that will help you build, grow and maintain a great brand.

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Getting Your Brand Just Right

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Bastiaan
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Brand Circle 560x268 Getting Your Brand Just RightWhat is your brand all about?

A deceptively simple question that many of us find surprisingly hard to answer. Read More →

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What’s Your Brand Promise?

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Bastiaan
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Brand Promise and Positioning 560x268 Whats Your Brand Promise?A few weeks ago I had a good talk with Josh, a financial expert at my bank about restructuring my retirement plan. Read More →

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#CarglassZuigt

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Bastiaan
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CarGlassZuigt 560x268 #CarglassZuigtWho would want to be the head of marketing at Carglass right now? Read More →

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WHAT did you just call me?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Bastiaan
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Brand Names Matter 560x268 WHAT did you just call me?

Imagine. Two identical resumes land on your desk. Both from highly qualified people: perfect for the job. You only have one job opening. Whom would you hire: Mark or Muhammad? Read More →

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Seeing is Believing

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Bastiaan
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Seeing is Believing Brand Brainstorm 560x268 Seeing is BelievingClients sometimes ask me to help them come up with a catchy brand name for their product or business. Creating catchy brand names is hard work. Read More →

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MacSocialism

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Bastiaan
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Uniformity is not Innovation 560x268 MacSocialismWhat’s the first letter of our alphabet that kids learn? Is it the A? Perhaps the first letter of their own name? Both are good guesses. My personal – not very scientific – radar tells me it may be the M. Read More →

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Message in a Bottle

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Bastiaan
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Branding Water 560x268 Message in a BottleWater is the stuff of life. Humans, like all other animals, are largely made of it. Despite the fact that three quarters of our planet is H20-covered we just can’t seem get enough of it.
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