About Lorraine Carter
Lorraine Carter is an expert in brand building to drive commercial growth and high performance. Founder of Persona Branding & Design, she's won multiple awards over the last twenty years working with brands on international markets, many of which are household names.
She enables you to Become The One, The Brand that’s most credible, trusted and commanding a premium because you’re the preferred choice of your ideal target audience — highly profitable and leaving your competitors way behind.
Entries by Lorraine Carter
Is It Time For A Rebrand? 4 Things To Consider Before Making The Change
October 23, 2017 /0 Comments/in Rebrand, Rebranding /by Lorraine CarterYou’ve heard other companies talk about it, and it sounds like it might be the magic bullet your business needs to steer the ship in a profitable new direction: a rebrand. It’s true that if executed successfully, a rebrand can have a major and direct impact on your bottom line. According to global management […]
What Game Of Thrones Can Teach Us About Brand Story
October 9, 2017 /0 Comments/in Brand Story, Brand Strategy /by Lorraine CarterImagine having 10.1 million sets of eyes focused on your brand story. That’s an audience any company would kill for, and it just so happens to be the number of people who tuned in to watch the season seven premiere of HBO’s Game of Thrones [1]. Were you one of them? We certainly were. […]
Design Is NOT Branding: 10 Things Every Business Owner and Entrepreneur Should Know
October 2, 2017 /0 Comments/in Brand Profiling & Positioning, Branding /by Lorraine CarterEveryone knows that you mustn’t judge a book by its cover. Yet, the number one misunderstanding on what branding is all about typically comes from small and medium-sized businesses who often don’t understand the difference between design and branding because they don’t have access to big-brand ‘know-how’. Don’t confuse branding strategy with asking a […]
Social Responsibility: How to Build a Socially Conscious Brand
September 27, 2017 /0 Comments/in Brand Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility /by Lorraine CarterCorporate social responsibility is dead in the traditional sense. Not because no one cares anymore, but because the field has been transformed into something entirely different now. The TED speaker, Rachel Hutchisson, explains the details of this transformation. Turns out the focus on corporate is extremely limiting, and CSR is taking a […]
Purposeful Brands: Why Customers Are Prepared to Pay More
September 7, 2017 /0 Comments/in Brand Mission, Brand Profiling & Positioning, Brand Purpose, Brand Strategy, Brand Values, Branding /by Lorraine CarterA quick answer please, if you can, to this question: “What does your brand really stand for?” in other words “What’s your brand purpose?” If you hesitate to succinctly define the mission, vision, and values behind your brand – the primary raison d’être for your brand’s existence — your brand purpose — you can […]
4 Reasons Why Your Business Profit Starts With Your Brand Mission
August 23, 2017 /0 Comments/in Brand Culture, Brand Mission, Brand Profiling & Positioning, Brand Strategy, Branding /by Lorraine CarterIn just about any niche, competition is fierce. Yet many SME, SMB, mid-size to large companies neglect to develop and articulate their brand mission because they’re either not sure how to do it or don’t realise it’s importance. This in effect means they have nothing of substance [beyond price fights] to attract their ideal […]
Using Video To Broadcast Your Brand Message So You Attract Your Ideal Customers
August 17, 2017 /0 Comments/in Brand Message, Brand Personality, Brand Profiling & Positioning, Brand Strategy, Branding, Video /by Lorraine CarterThere are two important takeaways for you in this post about brand message using video: The first is that you don’t need to be a big-time corporation to publish a video that becomes popular. Today, if you have a smartphone, you can make a great marketing video to depict your brand message. A one-minute video […]
The Age Of Internal Branding And Selling It From The Inside Out
August 9, 2017 /0 Comments/in Brand Ambassador, Brand Champions, Brand Culture, Brand Experience, Brand Leadership, Brand Strategy, Brand Values, Branding, Internal Branding /by Lorraine CarterDid you know that internal branding is the best way to get employees to develop a powerful emotional connection to your products or services so they become your top performing brand advocates because effective internal branding increases sales? That emotional connection with the brand and its culture is what drives more than 2 million[1] […]
Strategic Brand Partnerships: Does My Brand Look Big in This?
July 29, 2017 /0 Comments/in Brand Collaboration, Brand Partnerships, Brand Personality, Brand Positioning, Brand Profiling & Positioning, Brand Strategy, Co-Branding, Partnership Branding, Strategic Partnerships /by Lorraine CarterIn branding, it turns out that bigger is better together. In successful strategic brand partnerships, the branding strategy of two plus two can equal five…or more! Before jumping into bed together, several questions need to be asked – and answered. It’s essential to be clear and consistent about your values and your vision and […]
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