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Don’t Call It That: A Naming Workbook
- About: Naming
After 18 months of hard work, Don’t Call It That is finally here! Don’t Call It That is a naming workbook written by our Creative Director, Eli Altman, and published by ExtraCurricular Press. This isn’t a book about naming, it’s a step-by-step guide that walks you through the naming process– covering everything from creativity and…
Hello Berkeley
- About: Naming
You can now find us in an old clock factory at: 2604 Ninth St. Berkeley, CA 94710
Developing Brand Building Strategy
- About: Branding, Naming, Positioning
The task of building a successful brand can sound daunting, but if you approach it with a well-defined brand building strategy, it becomes much easier. Brand building is a complicated concept that begins with getting your brand noticed. But it can’t just stop there. Successful brand building means getting the people who notice you to…
The Difficulties of Brand Building Online
- About: Branding, Naming, Positioning, Renaming
These days, a strong online presence is essential to establishing any kind of successful brand. Whether you’re starting a fresh new business venture or rebranding a company that for whatever reason needs an image makeover, brand building online is hard work and doesn’t happen overnight. There are many elements to brand building online, ranging from…
What to Expect from a Brand Consultant
- About: Branding, Naming, Positioning, Writing
So you’ve decided to work with a brand consultant. That’s the first step. Of course, now that you know you are doing it, you have to hire a brand consultant, and there are a lot of people out there offering their services. Since the reason you decided to hire a brand consultant in the first…
A Hundred Monkey’s Brand Building Process
- About: Branding, Naming, Positioning
There are as many different approaches to branding as there are individuals and businesses. At A Hundred Monkeys, however, we think our brand building process is something special that truly gets results. That’s because the most fundamental aspect of our brand building process is taking a human approach. No matter what your industry is, a…
Brand Building 101
- About: Branding, Naming, Positioning
In today’s world, you can’t succeed without having an effective brand. With the Internet, everyone is connected to everyone else all the time. With so many other people competing for your audience’s attention, you have to stand out dramatically, because it’s all too easy to click the other way. You can hire a brand building…
What Birds Names Can Tell You about Brand Naming
- About: Branding, Naming, Positioning
You can learn a lot about branding from the animal kingdom. In the animal world, survival is all about passing on your genetics. The key to being successful is to attract as many mates as possible. When you think about it, this is pretty similar to what you’re trying to accomplish when you’re building a…
Cool company names: Behind bars in the Ottoman Empire
- About: Naming
Cool company names don’t exist in a vacuum — they exist at the intersection where the brand name meets the world that it will live in. People have a tendency to want to judge names in isolation, when in reality the combination of the name and the situation is more powerful than either on its own….