Happy November! Here are some brands giving their logos a refresh:
Nature Valley
Nature Valley’s new hand-drawn look emulates their fresh, organic positioning.
Happy November! Here are some brands giving their logos a refresh:
Nature Valley
Nature Valley’s new hand-drawn look emulates their fresh, organic positioning.
It’s logo design round-up time again, when we highlight design updates to some of the brands you may or may not know. I’m pretty sure you know all of these! Check out 7-eleven currently under construction, some speculative Washington football team logos and a popular morning news/entertainment show logo. Interesting round-up this month.
I confess, I have a new obsession called “logo quiz.” It all started last Friday night when I was out at dinner with family. We had just finished up and all of a sudden my brother-in-law picked up my husband’s sunglasses and started examining them. A couple seconds later he was playing with his phone and was lost “in the zone.” It wasn’t until five minutes later that he actually returned to the conversation at the table and let us in on what he was doing. He was playing “logo quiz” and the logo on my husband’s glasses was one of the ones that had stumped him, so now he had the answer. I was curious, so as soon as we got home I downloaded the app and I was quickly addicted. It is a little something …
You may not be aware of it, but there’s been a revolution going on in the exercise world. An indoor cycling class called “SoulCycle” is literally taking over the market and commanding (and getting) premium attendance fees for participation — a pricey $34 per class in NY and LA.

I’d like to suggest you make time for a little writing as well. There are three types of company stories that can help propel your business to the next level in the mind of your customer:
I recently had the privilege of being part of a panel at the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship’s Speaker Series to discuss marketing for emerging companies. We had some great questions and input from participants, which always makes it more interesting for everyone. Most concurred that as technology changes and it becomes more important to be connected and keyed in to what’s going on, basic branding building blocks still apply. As a startup, it’s very important to invest in your initial branding.

When you think of a meaningful brand you might envision an organization that is philanthropic, transparent, socially and ethically responsible. While these are all pieces of what it means to be a meaningful brand, the relationship between the audience and brands are changing and in a nutshell, it means brands need to work a lot harder to be meaningful to their audiences. In order to beat the competition, a brand’s products or services not only must meet their customers’ needs, they also need to appeal to the things that their audience cares about and can implement into their daily lives.