Maintaining your zest! In order to continually create value for your company and protect the strength of your brand, you need commitment to consistency. A Brand Standards Manual achieves this by creating specific rules for using the elements of the brand, such as your logo, colours, typography,...
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Putting together your brand new product package design can be confusing. At our Vancouver Branding Agency, we help our clients get through the process as swiftly as possible using a helpful package worksheet and checklist. Our package checklist includes labelling requirements about the...
What makes your brand the “only”? Dive deep into the heart of any successful brand and you’ll find one crucial element: a zest factor. Think about why your brand matters. At our Vancouver branding agency, we take our clients through a unique process to discover what makes...
Social Media Ideas Your followers are hungry for new content and they expect your brand to deliver on a consistent basis. That’s why you need to have a stash of ideas in your back pocket. I've put together a simple chart of social media ideas for brands...
What's in a name? Are you a rising startup in search of the perfect brand name? Choosing a brand name requires strategic thinking and consideration of brand naming guidelines. Choose the wrong name, or even the wrong spelling could cause an incredible amount of headaches and...
Ready to launch your product? As you get closer to launching your product brand, it may feel as though you’ve waited your entire life for this moment. All of your blood, sweat and tears is about to pay off! But, do you fully understand the process...
Are you ready to get Zesty? Branding is an opportunity to connect with the right audience in an unforgettable way, but without an understanding of the branding process, your business will be lost and your money will be wasted. Here are four questions to get you thinking about...
The best thing since sliced bread A value proposition is a clear statement of the results that the customer can expect to receive from your product or service. Because your marketing initiatives are organized around this value proposition, it's critical to get it right. A big idea...
Branding Beyond Design As brand designers, we develop many aspects of the brand, from the strategic thinking that creates the big idea, to the brand visual graphics, colour strategy, typography and imagery. But there’s an aspect that many startups and designers overlook, and that is a...
If there are so many good reasons to innovate, why is innovation so rare? The loudest and most compelling voice is always the voice of warning. It’s respected with little scrutiny and it’s often parlayed into the voice of wisdom in brand survival. However, the intention...
It’s becoming understood that an investment in strong branding for cannabis companies is key to rising above the glut of hopefuls trying to get a piece of the grassy pie. With Canada's federal government announcing it would be legalizing marijuana, we're seeing a staggering increase of...
The brands we buy are an extension of our identity. Products are more than just products, they’re a signal to who we are and the values we hold. The job of branding and package design is to reflect those values back to the customer. When it...
Getting your idea to the shelves The process of getting your idea to the shelves of major retailers can feel overwhelming. And once you're there, success not only requires a viable idea but an alluring brand, scaleable business model and healthy supply chain. Understandably, we all want...
If you don't have a succinct personal brand, you’re putting yourself at a disadvantage in your professional and personal life. What is a personal brand? Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room, it's your reputation. Personal branding means taking an active...
Here at Zesty Brands, our Vancouver branding agency has a heartfelt passion for uncovering your greatness. Main Squeeze and creative director, Rachelle Hynes inspires you to push the boundaries and make bold decisions. In her experience, it's in this uncomfortable territory that extraordinary brands are born...
Strategies for getting ahead of the competition are often based around the principle, be better than the rest. This can be an uphill battle if you’re one of many in a peloton of brands. If you’re a startup or small brand looking to breakout, you’ve gotta...
If you think branding is only for big companies with big budgets, you need to look closer at the definition of branding Many small business owners I meet think they need a “logo” for their business and very few understand the nitty gritty of what a...
Mindfulness is a means to listen more deeply and guide actions through clear intention rather than emotional whims or reactive patterns. In an era where brands are increasingly pressured into short-term thinking, careless reactions to trends, features frenzy and non-existent visions, it’s worth considering how mindfulness can help brands filter...
Sometimes catching the best wave is not what makes you successful, it’s what you do on the wave you’re riding that makes the difference. You can frantically paddle into whatever comes your way, but it’s a waste of energy and resources. To really get the epic...
Here at our Vancouver branding agency we lead ambitious companies to become brave and captivating brands. Regardless of what we’re working on for you, our approach has a potent focus on consistent brand experience—That’s how you build an authentic brand that people desire. The zest-factor When you're getting...
You're not selling features and benefits. These days it's critical to dive deep into meaning and belonging. Alter the thinking of tangibles to the intangibles people desire. Often people think of attracting customers by finding a large group of possible targets, make shiny things to attract...
If you try to sell, you're doomed. You must alter your thinking from transactions to relationships. Aim for not just sales, but for a much deeper connection with your customers....
A brand isn’t one thing. It’s the combination of several components functioning together to create a reputation. Let’s think about a bike to help understand the complexity of a brand. The look of the bike can be considered your logo, it’s the visual expression of the...
Before trying to manage communications your brand must be stripped down to its simplest form: one big idea that everything else builds on. If it can’t be said simply, how can you expect customers to quickly connect with the heart and value of your brand? Simplify to...