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Business Startup Exhibition: How Branding Makes You Stand Out
- About: Branding, Positioning
A business startup exhibition is an opportunity to learn more about brand positioning strategy. Whether you’re planning a trip to a business startup exhibition or looking to apply the information that you learned at one, it helps to think about the startups that you remember. Why did they stick in your head? It’s important to…
MAC Names New Cosmetic Line After Mexican Murder Town
- About: Naming
by Jeff Racheff It’s a good thing MAC designs make-up, because the cosmetics giant is sporting a nasty black eye. The cover-up creator was blasted for a new joint collection with Rodarte apparently inspired by Juarez, Mexico, the hellish murder capitol of the world — infamous for its drug-related slayings, sex trafficking and unsolved cases…
How A Hundred Monkeys Can Help Business Startups
- About: Branding, Positioning
When you create business startups for a living, you know the long odds that any new venture has to overcome. The faith you have in the value of your ideas keeps you going. That means you spend most of the time making the idea a reality. At the same time, you need to make smart…
Business Startup Ideas: Where to Draw Inspiration for Branding
- About: Branding, Positioning
When entrepreneurs are developing their business startup ideas, the topic of branding inevitably comes up. It often gets pushed to the side. Startup owners worry about budgets, or think they should fully develop the product before they start on the branding. Sometimes, however, these concerns are just excuses made by entrepreneurs who are secure in…
Business Startup Checklist for Branding
- About: Branding, Positioning
At A Hundred Monkeys, we talk a lot about what branding is. Because it’s a broad concept, our clients often ask us to break brands down into bite-sized pieces. “What are the building blocks of a brand?” or even “Where should I start building my brand?” are common questions in our early interactions with startups….
Ameriie Has a Vowel Movement
by Jeffery Racheff Rock ‘n’ roll takes no prisoners. Especially with those who have terrible names. This is typically a lesson learned the hard way. The perfect band name you came up with over the course of a week-long drug and booze binge might not fare so well in the long-run. So what does an artist…
New name for PSYOPS messes with your head
- About: Renaming
By Jeff Racheff America’s mind warriors are facing a brain-bending name change. The U.S. Department of Defense announced last month it is considering swapping PSYOPS, the name for the military branch in charge of psychological warfare, for MISO (Military Intelligence Services and Operation) after concerns the former name carries negative connotations. Senior officials in the…
America Has a Vowel Movement
- About: Naming
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Pork: formerly known as the other white meat
- About: Branding, Naming, Positioning, Renaming
by Jeffery Racheff Get ready for a whole new shade of lipstick on your honey baked ham. The National Pork Board (yes, it really exists) announced this week that it will be dropping the iconic slogan “Pork. The Other White Meat” as part of a new effort to revamp the meat’s image. Known officially as…
Cougar Town: so much more than just sex-crazed women
by Jeffery Racheff Cougar Town is on the prowl for a new name. After a dramatic 180-degree turn midway through its first season, producers of the hit ABC sitcom starring Courteney Cox are looking to change the show’s title because the old one doesn’t quite represent it anymore. The show follows a recent divorcee named…