A unique brand for a unique artist

Extending a personal brand into a small business brand


Project Highlight: Strategic alignment in product naming for Vantiv

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


From The Silicon Kind to the Salty Kind

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


Happy New Year!

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


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The new UBER branding

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


How Employees “Get” Brand

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


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 Brand in…


7 Basic Tips for Logo Design Development

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


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

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


A new logo for political candidate Chris Koster

A differentiating identity sets Koster out from the crowd.


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

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


We won an award!

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


A new PowerPoint template for LifeLock – an important expression of the brand

The importance of a good corporate PowerPoint template, and knowing how to use…


Announcing a new strategic partner: TransgressiveX

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


How AirBnb lives an authentic brand story.

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


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Oh Virgin! Are you really going to go?

As a person in branding, this feels like murder.


Strong brands outperform the market

Strong brands drive acceleration in growth periods or retain value during…


Cultural organizations are facing a paradigm shift

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


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

PayPal continues to shoot up in Interbrand's Best Global Brands, and is up 12%…


The brand workshop – why?

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


Client Highlight: A New Brand Strategy for Credit Sesame

How we deliver relevant, authentic and differentiated brand strategy


It’s here – the rebrand master checklist!

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


What’s your company’s unique superpower?

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


The best real estate branding of 2018

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


Introducing our latest rebrand: Sutherland

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


5 ways to conduct internal brand training

Here is the cover of the workbook we use for internal brand training for all…


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

As quoted from Caroline McNally in Wordstream's blog


“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 2016. We…


Why Brand Matters for Small Businesses

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


A Peek Into Our Brand Workshop for Entrepreneurs at Draper University

Mansour AlShami summarizes the experience during our brand strategy workshop at…


A New Brand Story and Identity for Appnovation

Deep listening and solid strategy serve as foundation for successful…


Another 5.0 Star Review on Clutch. The Project: Naming

Emily Clark of Clutch is our guest blogger for March.


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?


A free global brand training curriculum template

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


Project Highlight: Event Theme and Visual Identity

The ask from Bank of The West was to lend strategic advice, unlock ideation,…


A New Brand Identity & Architecture for NCAT

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


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Redesigning A Global Onboarding Exercise for PayPal

Without seamless execution, strategy goes nowhere


Recognize the Signs You Need a Brand Refresh

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


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.


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

Our master storyteller Brad Hennig provides useful tips on crisis…


Global Brand Works’ approach to branding is industry agnostic

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


Highlighting “Micro Moments” As a Visual Identity Strategy

Shannon spoke with Shutterstock on 2020 photography trends


The Future of Work

Here is a montage of the competing messages we are hearing


Some Simple Ideas To Help Us Connect When Apart

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


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

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


You are the heart of Global Brand Works.

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


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

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


Branding Advice for Small Businesses

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


The Name Game

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


We got featured in the Journey Map podcast!

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


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

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


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 process…


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

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


Our Naming Process: A Peek into the Sausage-Making

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


Envisioning the future of work – Scrolleytale style

And we are not sharing just because we love to say the word "Scrolleytale."


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

Our pro-bono client, start-up Human Rights Measurement Initiative, reaches its…


Introducing new branding for a global consortium: CCC Digital Key

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


9 Essential Practices to Activating Internal Culture

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


A little trick to help explain brand financial value

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


Defining the Employer Brand for Equinix

An authentic and relevant positioning better attracts top talent - and results…


We loved developing the sustainability Xpanse brand from scratch.

Xpanse is a super cool expandable and retractable solar awning mounted to the…