Entries by Lorraine Carter

Colour in Brand Strategy: Colour Psychology and How it Influences Branding

Yellow arches. A red can of cola. A bird shell egg blue jewellery box. The colours alone are enough to make you picture the brand – McDonalds, Coca Cola and Tiffany’s.   Colour and the psychology or science behind it is an expansive subject with a depth which extends well beyond the aesthetics of just […]

CEO Brand Leadership: How Does Your Leadership Impact Your Brand?

Branding is the dominant decider for competing successfully in today’s business world. Organisations with the strongest brands are able to achieve far greater market share, higher profits, and long-term viability and sustainability. Whilst most companies focus their branding efforts on marketing, platform and brand collateral, many neglect one of the most important drivers of their […]

Brand Strategy: Getting Your Brand Noticed at Fingal Enterprise Week 2014

Last weeks event at Fingal Enterprise Week 2014, run by Fingal Local Enterprise Office, was a huge success judging by all the enquiries and warm messages we’ve since received.                    I was speaking alongside Terry Prone from The Communications Clinic together with Al Dunne, Breda Browne and Padraig […]

Packaging Design: How It Can Make or Break Your Brand

In a fast-paced and highly competitive world, packaging design has become one of the most crucial elements for communicating your brand and standing out from the competition. Your brand might be the best in its category, but without packaging that grabs your target audience, customers won’t investigate your product to find out more or see […]

Brand Audit: Tips for Determining Your Brand’s Health – Can It Be Improved?

Have your sales hit a slump? Are hot new brands drawing your customers away? If your brand seems to have lost its shine, it may be time for a brand audit or brand health check.    Brand audits are effectively a health check for your brand. These comprehensive, honest evaluations look at the overall effectiveness […]

Brand Naming: Top Ten Methods for Brand Name Creation

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This immortal line from William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” reminds us that names have only as much power as we give them – but Shakespeare didn’t have to worry about branding.   The name of your company, product, service or range etc. is often the […]

Rebranding Strategy: Using Premium Repositioning To Increase Profitability

Repositioning or revitalizing your brand can be a powerful way to gain new market share and boost your profits. One of the most effective rebranding strategies is premium brand repositioning or premiumisation, which is about establishing higher perceived quality or specialness in order to achieve increased profitability by enabling you to charge more for your […]

Brand Personality: Is Your Brand’s Character Big Enough to Compete?

Just as people can be larger than life, a brand’s personality can take on a life of its own. Creating a brand with an authentically strong character is central to your branding strategy success and effectively the decider between just another average price fighter or a truly magnetic and profitable brand.   And the good […]

Brand Identity Design: Key Principles for Achieving Winning Solutions

We all know great design has a critical role to play in creating a powerful brand as evidenced by the many examples across every sector and category around the world. The question here is, where do you start and how do you ensure that your chosen brand design direction is relevant and appropriate to achieve […]