by Patrice Sorokin | Jan 18, 2024 | Advertising, General Business
Last November after a frustrating day dealing with bureaucracy and getting shuffled from window to window only to find out I did not have the right paperwork. It came into stark relief how important customer service and clear communication are in business. Your...
by Patrice Sorokin | Jan 11, 2024 | Advertising, Branding Basics
Let’s chat about branding mistakes, but before we do I want to reframe the concept of a mistake. A lot of us learned mistakes will get you in trouble and cause a punishment and they’re thought of very negatively because of that. I recognize that no one wants to make...
by Patrice Sorokin | Oct 9, 2023 | Advertising, Branding Basics
One of the most insightful and frustrating things I’ve ever heard in my professional career came from my most recent brand strategy teacher. In trying to explain how we were to do things for the class, the teacher told us “The problem isn’t the problem. The problem...
by Patrice Sorokin | Oct 2, 2023 | Branding Basics, General Business
A couple of months ago I was reading articles on public relations & advertising while sitting in a cafe and came to a couple of startling realizations. Some of our favorite companies don’t have a competitive advantage outside their name. Meaning that the only...
by Patrice Sorokin | Sep 18, 2023 | Logos & Marketing Materials
a visual refresh is what most companies seem to do when they say they are branding or rebranding. The structure of the business stays the same, and the audience stays the same, but the external visuals such as brochures, websites, logos, uniforms, and storefronts...