From the category archives:

Branding

Complimentary Colour Analysis for your business brand

June 4, 2010

You know how much I rave about Bernay Laity and her colour psychology guru-ness. Well she’ll be training the second half of the Flourish team (Izzy, Ian and Rob) in Colour Psychology for Communication next week and we’re looking for business case studies to come and “get their colours done”.
If you’ve always wondered what your [...]

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In the studio this week… Logo designs for Idyllic Moments

June 4, 2010

Idyllic Moments sell cakes. Cupcakes, traybakes and other cakes. And you know how much we love cakes at Flourish! Jody and business partner Wendy won our “Win a logo makeover” at this year’s Grow Your Business event and I’m delighted to be able to show you the initial concepts of their identity.
The brief was all [...]

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In the studio this week… An emotive and engaging website for Customer Essential

June 3, 2010

I’ve been looking forward to blogging about this site now for several months, and I’m delighted to say that after much blood, sweat and tears, the Customer Essential website is now live <drum roll please>.
We have loved every moment of creating this website because of the freedom and encouragement that MD, Liz Machtynger, has given [...]

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In the studio this week… A new brand identity for Weybridge Florist The White Orchid

May 28, 2010

I’ll be honest, things have been a little quiet on the blog front for me over the last couple of weeks. A phenomenal Grow Your Business exhibition, and all the associated follow up that comes with that; combined with recruiting for two new positions, driving the business forward and doing a lot of marketing strategy [...]

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A brand and marketing strategy session for a garden designer

May 25, 2010

Running a business is tough isn’t it? Marketing, budgeting, planning, sales, people management, troubleshooting and then those “challenges” that seem to crop up that throw us off track – for a matter of hours, days, weeks, whatever! It’s sometimes easy to lose track of why you went into business in the first place. We’ve certainly [...]

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Do you “own” your niche in the market?

May 24, 2010

There’s an important, and often overlooked, correlation between the strength of your brand strategy and the effectiveness of your marketing activity. In other words, people who have defined their niche in the market and communicate that consistently, find it much more cost effective to market their businesses than those that don’t.
Have you defined your niche [...]

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In the studio this week… the finished logo and stationery for Sara Jane Chocolates

May 6, 2010

Thank you to all of you who joined the debate over the Sara Jane Chocolates logo. An overwhelming 71% of voters picked Option One, which also happened to be my favourite – hurray! I love this logo because I think it has a lot of heart and soul about it, and also a slight organic/ [...]

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The new John Lewis ad… a textbook piece of emotion-led branding?

May 4, 2010

Have you seen the new John Lewis advert yet? It’s an utterly moving piece that has reduced me to tears every time I’ve watched it. I have no doubt that John Lewis’ agency, Adam&Eve will be up for an award for it – and if they’re not, then they should be! And whilst it’s very [...]

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In the studio this week… A makeover for Solutions 4 Stress

May 2, 2010

Jenny Edwards runs Solutions 4 Stress. A stress management consultancy based in Surrey. I first met Jenny at the Esher Women In Business network last summer, and in February Jenny approached us to help her swizz up her website and create some promotional literature for her business. I wish I’d taken a screen grab of [...]

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In the studio this week… A creative brainstorming and Mood Board session with Liezl Croft

April 27, 2010

We first worked with Liezl a year ago when we did a quick spruce up of her logo design and colours to better help her appeal to her ideal clients. Since then a lot has moved on with Liezl! She has since given up her day job and is ready to focus on building up [...]

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