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Inside the development of a market maker brand

A robust dive into brand architecture delivers Aliro by Lendkey


November 1, 2025

Developing a non-profit human rights-focus brand: HRMI

Start-up Human Rights Measurement Initiative is poised for the future…


October 18, 2025

Achieve: Internal Activation of a Rebrand

After finalizing a powerful rebrand, Achieve taps Global Brand Works…


September 7, 2025

When to Rebrand: Signals It’s Time to Evolve

More Than a Logo: The Real Reasons Companies Rebrand


August 7, 2025

ArchIQ: Engineering a Brand rooted in Visionary Precision

The notion of a camera lens inspires brand strategy, messaging, logo,…


July 1, 2025

Living the Brand at American Express: A Year-Round Strategy

Internal brand engagement is more than a one-time training session.


June 3, 2025

We loved developing the sustainability Xpanse brand from scratch.

Xpanse is a super cool expandable and retractable solar awning…


May 10, 2025

Internal Brand Training Program for PayPal results in 75.4% improvement

Here is the cover of a workbook used in onboarding for all new PayPal…


May 5, 2025

A New Logo for a Special Property

Creating a logo that encapsulates the essence of a brand is one of my…


April 2, 2025

Evolving the Employer Brand After M&A

Laying the Foundation for a Successful Internal Brand that Upleveles…


March 11, 2025

Address Income: A New Visual Identity in PropTech Leverages the Core of the Business: Location

The standard location symbol is turned on its side to double as a…


February 4, 2025

Campaign and Naming of an Internal Product Dev Tool for PayPal: Panorama

Our challenge was make the complicated simple.


January 22, 2025

Brand Management Roadmap and Internal Training for the C-Suite

Infusing the importance of brand in a tech-forward culture


December 2, 2024

9 Essential Practices to Activating Internal Culture

After many years of listening and talking to our clients, we've…


November 1, 2024

A Bold New Look: Katie Raffetto’s Interior Design Firm Embraces Elegance with a Brand Refresh

Leveraging brand to elevate the firm to the next level.


October 7, 2024

Defining the Employer Brand for Equinix

An authentic and relevant positioning better attracts top talent -…


September 7, 2024

Branding for a global consortium: CCC Digital Key

In this B2B2C brand example, we share the story of project that…


May 6, 2024

Our top performing creative increases visitors to SFMOMA


April 14, 2024

5 reasons why it’s important for employees to understand the brand

When teams understand, care about and trust in the brand, they are…


March 2, 2024

Girl reading persona card

Redesigning A Global Onboarding Exercise for PayPal

Without seamless execution, strategy goes nowhere


December 5, 2023

Kelly Services: Development of the Employer Brand Leads to 6% Improvement

An Employer Brand for an Employer Brand: Employer Brand Value…


November 28, 2023

Monticelli’s brand refresh leverages the functional and adds the emotional

Protecting legacy while modernizing


October 13, 2023

Envisioning the future of work – Scrolleytale style

And we are not sharing just because we love to say the word…


September 11, 2023

What is an Employer Brand and Why is it so Important?

An employer brand exists regardless of whether it's consciously…


August 13, 2023

Lykas: A brand is born using our proprietary ”Brand In A Box” approach

”Brand in a Box” is our super-efficient, fast-track brand development…


May 1, 2023

Our Naming Process: A Peek into the Sausage-Making

Actual first round names from a recent naming project. The winner:…


February 28, 2023

A new brand, messaging and identity for a challenger of the status quo

We developed the strategy, messaging, logo, animation, and visual…


December 14, 2022

Our “On Brand Checklist” was featured in LeeLine Sourcing

Consistency is key to remaining "on brand"


September 12, 2022

Do the words “Brand” and “Values” mean different things?

A company’s values are different from what its brand stands for. This…


June 3, 2022

We got featured in the Journey Map podcast!

The Journey Map podcast by Craft&Crew takes a look at the twists and…


May 10, 2022

The Name Game

A guest blog post from Dream Team Member, naming guru, and friend,…


April 15, 2022

Take this simple 5-question quiz to understand brand health.

If you are not yet formally using metrics like NPS score, prompted/…


March 15, 2022

The Future of Work

Here is a montage of the competing messages we are hearing


January 17, 2022

I Backrubbed where I can find vintage Pocketlinks and Marufukus from the 90s and turns out, people are selling them on AuctionWeb.

Names that didn't make it.


December 14, 2021

A New Brand Identity & Architecture for NCAT

Setting the stage for the future in a rapidly changing marketplace.


November 29, 2021

Branding Advice for Small Businesses

Australian Copywriter K. M. Wade asked us to help compile some great…


October 2, 2021

A free global brand training curriculum template

Planning to launch a brand training initiative in the New Year?  Here…


September 16, 2021

What Started as a Simple Visual Identity Refresh Lead to a Strategic Brand Overhaul

Without a solid brand strategy, efforts to refresh messaging or…


August 18, 2021

A little trick to help explain brand financial value

Brands have financial value and sometimes that is hard to explain.…


July 10, 2021

Paychex: Internal Activation of a Vision

Small content drips, once a month, can be powerful and efficient.


June 5, 2021

You are the heart of Global Brand Works.

We are filled with gratitude and love for our clients and dream team…


February 14, 2021

Some Simple Ideas To Help Us Connect When Apart

A series of ideas that help Work-From-Home teams stay connected,…


October 1, 2020

Highlighting “Micro Moments” As a Visual Identity Strategy

Shannon spoke with Shutterstock on 2020 photography trends


August 20, 2020

Global Brand Works’ approach to branding is industry agnostic

Shannon spoke with Reminder Media on how our process applies to real…


July 21, 2020

Communications During Crisis: 3 Do’s and 3 Don’ts

Our master storyteller Brad Hennig provides useful tips on crisis…


June 1, 2020

Recognize the Signs You Need a Brand Refresh

In an interview with ClassPass, we shared our thoughts on how to know…


April 8, 2020

Shannon leading a brand workshop at SFMOMA

All Voices Matter, an Example from Our Work with SFMOMA

Which internal teams should and should not get brand training?


February 2, 2020

Bank of the West: Branding an Internal Event

The goal was to leave an 850-person team motivated and inspired.  


January 28, 2020

Happy 2020!


December 21, 2019

Another 5.0 Star Review on Clutch. The Project: Naming

Emily Clark of Clutch is our guest blogger for March.


October 22, 2019

A New Brand Story and Identity for Appnovation

Deep listening and solid strategy serve as foundation for successful…


September 7, 2019

A Peek Into Our Brand Workshop for Entrepreneurs at Draper University

Mansour AlShami summarizes the experience during our brand strategy…


July 19, 2019

Why Brand Matters for Small Businesses

The unmatchable value of branding yourself as a small business and…


April 5, 2019

Brands Live In Hearts And Minds

Everything Communicates.


March 7, 2019

“The greatest sales deck I’ve ever seen” (a repost on storytelling from Andy Raskin)

This is lifted from a post on LinkedIn by Andy Raskin in September…


February 2, 2019

Brand Positioning and The Successful Digital Transformation of Netflix

Positioning the brand beyond the functional


January 24, 2019

Back-Filling The Brand Story for Fresh Victor

You don't always have to go in order.


December 15, 2018

How to tell a compelling brand story: Listen, Look, Leverage

As quoted from Caroline McNally in Wordstream's blog


November 9, 2018

Introducing our latest rebrand: Sutherland

The challenge was to combine the precision and rigor of process with…


September 30, 2018

The best real estate branding of 2018

We were one of the branding "Pros" that advised The Close on 3 rules…


July 31, 2018

What’s your company’s unique superpower?

We sat down with Adobe, who asked our advice on how companies can…


May 28, 2018

It’s here – the rebrand master checklist!

We have identified 171 items to consider when updating your logo and…


March 1, 2018

A Refreshed Brand Strategy Informs an App Refresh

How we deliver relevant, authentic and differentiated brand strategy


January 31, 2018

The brand workshop – why?

Workshops can get people unstuck and provoke "a ha" moments


December 17, 2017

Congratulations to our client PayPal, one of the fastest growing brands

PayPal continues to shoot up in Interbrand's Best Global Brands, and…


November 3, 2017

Cultural organizations are facing a paradigm shift

As we work with SFMOMA to re-articulate their brand strategy, we are…


October 28, 2017

Strong brands outperform the market

Strong brands drive acceleration in growth periods or retain value…


July 10, 2017

The importance of employees who know and understand the brand


June 21, 2017

The financial value of a brand – not a new concept

Smart guy, this John Stuart...


May 22, 2017

How AirBnb lives an authentic brand story.

A company can’t just tell a story for story’s sake- it has to BE a…


March 6, 2017

Announcing a new strategic partner: TransgressiveX

We have partnered with a new, super smart, tech-based innovator in…


January 3, 2017

Lifelock by Norton: Brand Governance Tools and Training

The importance of a good brand application and protection practices


December 19, 2016

A controversial rebrand – The Met

Spoiler alert: We like it.


November 25, 2016

We won an award!

We are one of Gramercy Institute's Most Valuable Partners in…


October 30, 2016

PayPal moves to #90 in Interbrand’s Top Global Brands list

PayPal is soaring and we get to develop the company's first ever…


September 30, 2016

A new logo for political candidate Chris Koster

A differentiating identity sets Koster out from the crowd.


June 30, 2016

Rebranding: Don’t just change your logo, retell your story

The biggest mistake companies make when rebranding is to explain it…


May 15, 2016

7 Basic Tips for Logo Design Development

Don't cut corners on logo design - here are important tips to keep…


May 12, 2016

Shannon joined Jacqueline Quasney, Personal Capital, and Scott Redick, Charles Schwab to talk brand

A great talk happened today on Leveraging and Enhancing the Financial…


April 7, 2016

How Employees “Get” Brand

In a recent client engagement, Global Brand Works was tasked with…


March 5, 2016

test

The new UBER branding

Is it good? Is it bad? Does it matter?


February 25, 2016

Happy New Year!

Here's to new brands and new beginnings in 2016. Happy New Year!


January 1, 2016

From The Silicon Kind to the Salty Kind

Naming, brand architecture, and package design - in less than a month


December 13, 2015

A Sales Demo Video For Start Up App Company, Shelvz

Using video to convey the what and the why


March 31, 2015

A New Brand Architecture System Paves the Way for Growth Amid Multiple Mergers

We took Vantiv on a little journey of organization and clarity.


December 18, 2014

A unique brand for a unique artist

Extending a personal brand into a small business brand


July 9, 2013

Portrait of Caroline and Shannon from Global Brand Works

About Global Brand Works

Global Brand Works is a small but mighty branding agency bringing global and startup brands to life throughout an organization, internally and externally.

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ABOUT US

We design and develop themes for customers of all sizes, specializing in creating stylish, modern websites, web portfolios and e-commerce stores. We create a website that stands out.

ABOUT US

We design and develop themes for customers of all sizes, specializing in creating stylish, modern websites, web portfolios and e-commerce stores. We create a website that stands out.

LATEST BLOG NEWS

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  • Developing a non-profit human rights-focus brand: HRMI October 18, 2025
  • Achieve: Internal Activation of a Rebrand September 7, 2025

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