Before we get into the “how-to,” let’s clear the air. I’ve been a brand consultant for over 20 years, and I’ve worked with everyone from small Kentish vineyards to established importers. The wine ...

What Is The True Cost of Brand Strategy? The true cost of brand strategy encompasses both the upfront agency fees, which range from £3,000 to over £100,000, and the ongoing financial losses caused by ...

The best positioning statement you’ll read this year is not the most polished one. It’s the one that names what the firm refused to do. Most guides to positioning statement examples hand you twelve ...

What Professional Services Brand Naming Actually Is Professional services brand naming is the discipline of selecting and governing a firm’s name as an operational asset – one that must survive ...

SaaS Brand Architecture Is a Decision Problem, Not a Naming One SaaS brand architecture is the structure that governs how buyers discover, choose, and expand across a product portfolio. It is ...

How International Trademark Enforcement Actually Works International trademark enforcement is achieved in four stages: map where infringement causes commercial harm, prioritise those harm points ...

Remote teams typically don’t have a brand alignment problem. They have a brand documentation problem. The exercises exist. The goodwill is there. What’s missing is a structured method for capturing ...

Most “global” brands are an absolute mess. I see it every week at Inkbot Design: Clients want the prestige of a world-governing body without understanding the technical rigour required to maintain it.

Most entrepreneurs are being lied to by their design agencies. You are told that as long as your website “works” and your logo is “clean,” you have ticked the box. That is nonsense. In a 2026 market ...

The goal of brand name testing is not to find a name people like; it is to find the name they cannot forget. Sentiment is secondary to saliency. Most entrepreneurs waste thousands of pounds on focus ...

Most entrepreneurs have a fundamental misunderstanding of what a brand manager does. If you think the role consists primarily of choosing Pantone swatches, browsing stock photography, and posting ...

Core brand values are a filtration system, not a welcome mat. If your stated principles do not actively alienate a specific segment of the market, they are marketing fluff rather than strategic assets ...