Brand Design, Brand Marketing and Brand Psychology

 

 

PONDER THIS FOR A MOMENT

"WHAT IF WORKING LIKE CRAZY TO BEAT THE COMPETITION DID EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE — MADE YOU MEDIOCRE AND MORE LIKE THE COMPETITION?"

 

Living in the 21st century, in the midst of technological overabundance with redundant apps and excessive upgrades and features (that human brain cannot even begin to cope), brands have indeed, become a sorry copy cat of each other in their effort, to out do one another. Since, we, humans, have been conditioned to embrace "the herd, the masses, popular opinion — and to reject what is different, eccentric or stands alone," we have pushed the brands into a "dizzying herd of indistinct options." 

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Updated July 2019

 

LET'S START WITH CELEBRATION

Our brain is designed to run on auto pilot.

That is the reason why change is hard, laborious and outright painful. This is the reason why the baggage of lethargy weighs us down, when we have to make a purchase decision for our company that will affect our productivity and the way we conduct our business with our customers. Be aware, that this is the frame of mind of your buyers.

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Updated January 2021.

 

CHANGE OR COLLAPSE

 

The industry that which is the stronghold of the American economy was dumbfounded. They heard the unthinkable.

“You can fight [the end of car ownership], and that will probably not turn out well. Or you can acknowledge that this is happening. This is real, serious, and going to change your world." This ultimatum was delivered by the Lyft president and co-founder John Zimmer, at the Los Angeles Connected Car Expo in August 2015.

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If you are in the B2B Business or in the B2C business here are two books that are must read for your survival. It will question your business strategy arm you expansive insights. Rebecca Costa in her book, The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction, writes how ancient civilizations collapsed because they hit a cognitive limitation. Are we headed for a similar collapse? Can it be prevented?

Brain Solis, on the ther hand, explores the concept of "digital darwinism"– the evolution of consumer behavior when society and technology evolve faster than one’s ability to adapt. In his book,  End of Business As Usual, he talks about the persistent pounding of technology, including social, mobile, and real time web. He says, brand executives have a hard time appreciating what needs to change because they don’t live their brand the way their customers do, and if they don’t live it they can’t understand why adapting to evolving audience expectations is so important. 

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