Posts Tagged ‘healthy brand’
A Logo Refresh of Our Own
In case you haven’t noticed, designRoom recently completed a logo refresh of our own. Why? Because its easy for us! It’s what we do, when there’s a good reason for doing it. LOL Just kidding. A logo refresh was actually quite difficult for us. Why? Because it’s what we do for a living. It’s true what…
Read MoreWhat Have I Learned in My First Year at dR?
What have I learned in my first year at designRoom? April 4th will be my one year dR anniversary and I’ve learned a lot things. I’m going to focus on the three important things I cherish the most. All In Before dR, most of my career was spent grinding away at bigger, competitive, neo-cultured agencies.…
Read MoreBuild Brand Belief Amid Alternative Facts
Brand belief is important. Belief leads to brand loyalty, which leads to sustained brand success. I believe it’s being threatened. A while back I wrote a blog about how a healthy relationship equals a healthy brand. I stated that the number one tenet of a healthy client/agency relationship was “belief”: “Simply put, you have to…
Read MoreBrand Guidelines: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Tis the season for a little song about the gift of brand guidelines: On the twelfth day of branding, the sales and marketing guy sent to me: Twelve colors clashing Eleven photos blurring Ten fonts a fighting Nine voices shouting Eight files crashing Seven typos grinning Six sub brands missing Five bro-ken links… Four mission statements…
Read MoreThe Ins and Outs of Falling Up
Here are some of the ins and outs of falling up in our studio. It’s been been almost two hours and I’m getting hangry. The room feels stuffy, like a closet. The black dry-erase marker died, we had to switch to blue, and my OCD is on alert. The white board was full an hour ago and…
Read MoreAvoiding Brand Burnout
Avoiding brand burnout. Is this a thing? In my experience, it is. And it causes problems that can lead to missed opportunities, bad morale, and a stagnant culture. And those can add up to a disconnect with your target audience and falling behind your competition. This could be a really long blog. But I’ll keep…
Read MoreMy Digital Detox
designRoom My Digital Detox Shaun CulbertsonAugust 5, 2016 I did my detox, and I feel better. What about you — Can you let go? We all do it. Daily. Some of us all day long. We can\’t live without it. We wake up to it. Go to bed with it. And if you are like me,…
Read MoreMaybe It’s Time
Hey all you business leaders who apologized for your brand identities before you handed me your business cards — maybe it’s time for you to make time for your brand? I’ll explain. Attending the National Association for Addiction Treatment Providers’ (NAATP) Leadership Conference earlier this month was a wonderful experience. Another amazing conference and amazing people in attendance. I was…
Read MoreBrand Reveal at NAATP Conference
Kimberly and I just returned from The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) Leadership Conference in Ft Lauderdale. From the moment we arrived Executive Director, Marvin Ventrell, and his staff treated Kimberly and I like family. We have been working with NAATP for the past six months to help re-brand the organization. The new brand reveal was dripped out online over…
Read MoreA Brand May Be
Imagine what your brand is, and what it may be. It’s a healthy branding exercise. I often think about what may be. Since it’s May, a hopeful month, it seems like a good thing to do. I like to imagine what could happen and what may be in store for me, for dRC, and, of course, for our clients. It…
Read MoreA Brand Refresher
A brand refresher is kind of like a spring-cleaning: getting the dust out and letting the fresh air in. Here’s what we do at my house: Remove everything from a room Wipe down the walls and windows Open the windows Clean the floors Beat the rugs Clean everything – Let Cleaning Services San Antonio handle…
Read MoreMotivation and Madness in March
Motivation and madness in March — what am I talking about?! I have plenty of reasons to be motivated this sunny month of March. I’m totally motivated after spending a couple days at the NATCON16 Show in Las Vegas. Me, Kimberly and Doctor C welcomed hundreds of people into our booth (not all at once,…
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