Archetypes & Branding: The Explorer
Series of 12 videos about my work with archetypes in branding. Discover how to apply the Explorer in your brand positioning. More about the Explorer archetype
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Brand Mindset. What’s Yours?
The brand mindset, also known as the brand language, vocabulary or codes, represents how the meaning and motivation are translated into visual, tangible elements. From logo to product range going through colour palette, website design, packaging and tone of voice, just to name a few, everything the brand makes must be connected to its core values and…
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Archetypes & Branding: The Innocent
Series of 12 videos about my work with archetypes in branding. The first one is the Innocent.
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What’s Your Brand Motivation?
This is the first question to answer in order to build a meaningful brand, with consistent identity. When you understand what are the emotions and feelings that drive your consumer, the process of brand development becomes simpler and straight-forward. There are 4 great motivational needs we experience throughout our lives, as human-beings and as…
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How to Balance the Emotional and Rational Sides in Brand Building
We have already talked about why branding is an emotional process. Since it is designed to tackle specific emotions, it’s imperative to understand the motivation and meaning behind the brand. But in the process of building a business, the balance between the rational and the emotional sides is the pathway to succeed. The journey usually begins…
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How to Build a Meaningful Brand?
Branding is essential, how can we differentiate ourselves and build a truly meaningful brand? This video is about finding your motivation in order to create meaning and developing a mindset that will lead to a unique brand.
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Emotional Branding = Motivation + Meaning + Mindset
We know that the branding process is an emotional one. But unfortunately most of the times we try to rationalise it and forget to focus on a key issue: the motivation behind the brand. What will motivate consumers to buy your product? How do you want them to feel? What emotions and attitudes would you like to be associated with? These…
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The Ideal Customer Myth
Do you know who is your customer? The usual answer is yes, followed by a description too vague or too aspirational. Needless to say, none of them is addressing the real consumer, thus the brand is not communicating effectively. It’s a common mistake in the brand building process: you have an idea, develop a concept and…
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Archetypes: The Ruler
Miranda Priestly from ‘The Devil Wears Prada’. Kings and queens. Presidents and prime-ministers. CEOs of traditional companies. The classic boss figure. All of them embody the Ruler archetype. You already understood it symbolises control, leadership, responsibility and status. The main motivation is the willing to put an order in chaos and a desire to bring…
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Archetypes: The Creator
The Creator is the artist, the inventor, the entrepreneur, the musician, the writer… In any activity where creativity and imagination rule, there is the archetype in action. The goal is simple: to make a vision take shape, which may happen, for example, in a painting, an architecture project, a clothes collection or even in a…