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Hall of Shame: corporate identity

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 A celebration of the finest corporate identities can provide helpful lessons in branding. But a study of those that failed can be just as revealing – and, let’s face it, more fun.

Profile: John Shewell

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Making waves - John Shewell, head of communications for Brighton & Hove City Council.

Brand:rebrand - Everything Everywhere

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 When T-Mobile and Orange decided to merge, their agencies were posed one humdinger of a branding quandary.

@Loggerheads: Social media and corporate communications

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In the rush to embrace social media, corporate communicators forget that dialogue and conversation isn’t always as desirable or helpful as clear, authoritative one-way communication.

Corporate Sponsorship

Corporate Sponsorship

British Airway's corporate sponsorship of Taste London.

Sonic branding

Sonic branding

Corporate logos and visual identity take all the plaudits in brand communication. But companies are increasingly bending an ear to sonic branding.

World Cup sponsorships backfire

world cup.jpgEvery four years, brands clamour (at great cost) to associate themselves with the greatest sporting spectacle on the calendar in return for the promise of heightened brand awareness and the reinforcement of positive values.

But new research suggests that most sponsors of the FIFA World Cup have been wasting their time and money.  

A poll by global reputation auditors Echo Research, conducted the day before the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony on 11 June and repeated after the World Cup Final on 14 July, shows that the British public remain uncertain which companies sponsored the tournament. 

The 1,002 adults polled across Britain following the World Cup Final struggled to correctly identify eight World Cup sponsors (Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Visa, Adidas, Budweiser, Sony, Emirates, Hyundai) from a list of well-known brands. No sponsor was correctly identified by more than half of those polled, with recognition highest for Coca-Cola (48%) and McDonald’s (40%). Even after the tournament, one in five (20%) of the adults polled incorrectly identified Nike as a World Cup sponsor. 

Two sponsors actually saw recognition fall significantly between the opening ceremony and the final: Coca-Cola (48%, down from 57%) and Adidas (25%, down from 29%). Only two sponsors, Emirates (up from 12% to 17%) and Hyundai (up from 10% to 15%) secured improvements from low pre-tournament levels.

According to Matt Painter, research director of Echo Research, the findings show how unconnected organisations are when they sponsor major events. He says: “They're getting visibility for their brand on television, but not working these big ticket items effectively in the media through both paid for and non-paid-for channels, nor are they engaging the public through social media discussions. With so much 'noise' going on, companies have to work harder than this to ensure better bang for their bucks."

 The research also reveals that association with the tournament does little to improve sentiment towards the sponsors.

 

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Outside the box

 It is easy to fall into the trap of writing corporate communications in set formats.

To write creatively, you need to think creatively!

So force yourself to reject your initial automatic response & review a wider range of resources, experiences and opinions so you have more options and ideas for developing the content. 

  


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