Content Strategy

Who’s the Main Character in Your Website?

Imagine your potential customer is on a quest to find a magical object. One that will solve their particular problem.  After searching far and wide, they see a sign in the wilderness. Is this what they’ve been looking for? Well, maybe. It’s kind of hard to tell. The sign seems like it might point them …

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Shifting Your Website for Shifts in Your Goals: A Case Study

A consistent mistake I see in websites, across a variety of industries, is that they don’t show clear goals or intentions. Or, perhaps a business website reflects goals from their past, rather than reflecting what they are now. Your website has the potential to be a powerful tool, but if your website isn’t trying to …

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Brand Experience: Get in Touch With Your Feelings

Let’s talk about feelings for a minute. Don’t worry, it’s not a heart-to-heart about your innermost dreams and desires. We’re talking about the feelings your branding creates. It’s often said that your brand design and messaging should create a feeling, but there isn’t as much said about what the heck that means. How do you …

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Legal Marijuana and Changing Brand Perception

Branding is all about creating a memorable impression of your work that appeals to your ideal client. Sometimes, that means overcoming common assumptions about your product… and when it comes to public perception, legal marijuana dispensaries have an especially tough challenge. Marijuana was legalized in Portland less than a year ago, and as a previously illegal …

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