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Every few months a founder comes to me for a logo and leaves with something they didn’t know they needed. I don’t mean that as a sales pitch. I mean…
I’ve sat through more logo reviews than I can count, and the pattern repeats itself almost every time. The founder wants the mark to do too much. They want it…
Every logo conversation I’ve had with a client starts in roughly the same place. They bring references — Apple, Nike, maybe a local brand they admire — and they ask…
Over the course of my career, I’ve watched small businesses try to compete on price, on hustle, on sheer stubbornness — and lose, over and over, to competitors with weaker…
Early in my career I thought the real marketing work happened in ad buys and in brand systems. Scale the reach. Sharpen the identity. Win the pitch. I was right…
I’ve watched more small businesses DIY their brand identity than I can count. Some of it is genuinely good. Most of it isn’t. And the pattern I keep seeing is…
The single most common call I get from clients six months after a brand delivery goes something like this: “The printer is asking for a vector file. Which one do…