Art Lapinsch

Art Lapinsch

Mar
28
Customer Need: What Is Their Real Job-to-be-Done?

Customer Need: What Is Their Real Job-to-be-Done?

Serving the customer's needs is an ongoing process. Customers evolve, so should your brand's offering.
2 min read
Mar
27
Target Customer: Who Is Your Audience?

Target Customer: Who Is Your Audience?

The business of a brand is to create value for the customer. Understand them and build for them.
2 min read
Mar
26
Frame of Reference: Where Is the Brand Placed?

Frame of Reference: Where Is the Brand Placed?

Customers place brands in categories. Define your frame of reference, otherwise your customers will.
2 min read
Mar
25
Brand Attributes: How Does the Brand Present Itself?

Brand Attributes: How Does the Brand Present Itself?

Brand attributes are physical attributes and personality traits. First, understand your brand. Then, choose your attributes and remain consistent.
2 min read
Mar
24
Bottlenecks and Funnels 🍾 - Issue #3

Bottlenecks and Funnels 🍾 - Issue #3

Hey ho, les' go! Before we get going, here a question I asked myself this week: Is life better
3 min read
Mar
24
Mission Statement: How Do You Do It?

Mission Statement: How Do You Do It?

Your goal with a mission statement is to communicate how your brand does what it does. Make it clear.
2 min read
Mar
23
Brand Promise: How to Communicate in One Statement?

Brand Promise: How to Communicate in One Statement?

A good brand promise captures is like a guiding light for brand strategy. It is a combination of the brand's vision and its purpose.
2 min read
Mar
22
Brand Purpose: Why Bother?

Brand Purpose: Why Bother?

People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. The brand vision is a conviction about the future. The brand purpose is an idea of how the brand fits into that future.
3 min read
Mar
21
Brand Vision: What Is the World That Could Be?

Brand Vision: What Is the World That Could Be?

Good stories have a common theme: they start in a world that is and show us a world that could be. The narrative takes the hero from status quo to the envisioned destination. Brand narratives can be constructed in a similar way.
2 min read
Mar
20
Positioning and Differentiation: How to Stand Out as a Brand?

Positioning and Differentiation: How to Stand Out as a Brand?

Positioning is about differentiation. "Always remember: A brand is the most valuable piece of real estate in the world; a corner of someone's mind." - Sir John Hagarty
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