We don't make our world-class logos, treatments, ads, and marketing campaigns in isolation. Instead, we provide a vertically-integrated, 360-degree process for building and growing watershed businesses. We are strategy, timeline, design, voice, and ongoing real-time advice all rolled into one. We go beyond the conventional ad agency and become the architects of your dreams.
Our first blueprint? Clarifying the difference between branding, marketing, and advertising. If you couldn't tell one from the other until this very moment, you're not alone. With that said, you can't cut through the clutter without understanding these distinctions.
Branding is the process of defining and shaping the identity of a company, product, or service.
Goal: Establish a unique and memorable persona through emotional connection with consumers Core Elements: graphics (color palette, typography, logo, layout) and copy (language, tone, positioning statement/tagline)
Marketing is the confluence of strategic activity that drives brand awareness and builds demand.
Goal: Foster lead generation that serves as the springboard for increased sales and accellerated word-of-mouth. Core Elements: Market research (to understand consumer needs & behavior), and strategy (product, pricing, channels)
Advertising is paid promotion to a targeted audience (i.e. the tactical execution of marketing strategy).
Goal: Communicate the brand voice (see branding) through the decided-upon promotional methods (see marketing) Core Elements: An orchestration of story telling and design that leverages strategy and market research to connect with a target audience to convey the brand's voice.through creative content (e.g. print & digital ads, commercials, etc.)
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