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Creative Communications: Lessons from Health and Wellness Brands

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Yet, health and wellness brands refuse to let them go. The following examples focus on health and wellness brands, but the takeaways apply to any industry. Positioning: Lärabar as a Lifestyle Brand. Lärabar, a snack bar company, has successfully positioned itself as a lifestyle brand. Guest Post by Hanna Knowles.

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What Not to Do When Humanizing a Brand

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However, when it comes to branding, the opposite may be true. On Twitter especially, a new term has arisen called “humanizing a brand.” This refers to a business’ attempt to give their brands a human touch. Going beyond simply “personal” gives your brand more appeal, PR and potentially, controversy.

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Being of Service During COVID-19

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Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps purpose-driven brands bring big ideas to life. The sail thingies you see are a privacy screen, but apparently they are also perfect squirrel trampolines 😉 I was never a “bird person” growing up. Francis” as a child!). I’m so glad I did.

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An Unkindness of Ravens: Thoughts on Twitter Communication

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The use of anthropomorphism in brand identity and marketing, whether to describe consumer characteristics (e.g. The collective nouns for birds: an Unkindness of Ravens, a Murder of Crows, a Charm of Finches, A Gulp of Magpies, A Pandemonium of Parrots, An Ostentation of Peacocks, etc. Charm of Finches. You probably can, too. A Finch-Pie.

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Monday Roundup: Attitude

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Why: The recent DDOS attacks on Evernote and Feedly revealed a great deal about each company’s attitude toward crisis communication. How has attitude impacted your brand strategy and success? Has your business attitude changed over the years?

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Tweet After Death: How to Use Social Media to Live Forever

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A master wordsmith of the modern PR era, Cohen constantly seeks out innovative message strategies and uses them to get his clients the best results.You can read his insights on the BrightBox Brand Marketing blog. There’s even a TED talk about the digital Frankenstein that could live after us.

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Monday Roundup: the Measurati Meet #measurePR

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And if brands want to thrive in the region, they’ll need to seamlessly integrate new forms of media as part of the customer journey,” writes Stephen Waddington as he offers some great tips for “brands exploring opportunities in China.” Rock and Roll Branding. ” 2. PR is not changing.

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