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Reassess Your Branding

Reassess Your Branding

An audit of the company’s image will determine if the core identity is still held by the consumer. Knowing your position in the market place begins with studying your competitors. Getting in touch with your target audience and understanding their needs will help define your company’s marketing strategy.

creative value: Drive home your brand value with clarity.

BRANDING CAMPAIGN

Firestone Commercial Truck Tire continuation of the Born To Truck campaign concepts. Firestone is a company with 100 years behind them, employees dedicated to serving their customers, and tires always available across the country — they’re Built to Last, Born to Truck, and always Ready to Roll.

Make Life An Event

Make Life An Event

A tagline is also a brand’s “positioning statement” which is a strategic slogan used to establish your competitive edge. A tagline should make a strong statement about who you are – and better if it states your brand’s service, product and promise. Ncutt would love to help you improve your brand’s position in the market place to increase your profits.

IDENTITY

The client, Beau wanted a design to fit his classy taste. Designing his logo was fun and the ideas were almost endless. Shown are a few other ideas that were presented – he loved them all and making the decision was hard. The final logo looks great reversed on his black square business cards and BeauDacious is truly
“MAKING LIFE AN EVENT.”

creative vallue: Promote your brand with creative and simple wordplay

Retailers Want Green

Retailers Want Green

Branding attracts, informs and positions your product in the consumer’s mind. A strong brand simplifies choices for the customer and provides reassurance of the product promise. Most importantly, your brand confers status and defines your relationship with the buyer. Today, retailers are beginning to pressure manufacturers for green and environmentally friendly packaging. Consider reusable, recyclable and biodegradable packaging.

PRODUCT PACKAGING

Mountain Jim’s Ice Cream needed new packaging to gain market share. Ncutt assessed the brand and developed a new look to position the all-natural ice cream with the top contenders. On each label, you’ll find adventurous stories to connect followers with Mountain Jim as well as environmental advice to encourage families to get outdoors and stay safe.

creative value: Express your advocacy passions and kindly educate others

You Own Your Website

You Own Your Website
Website Design & SEO

There are benefits in having your internal staff manage your site; however, an outside expert can bring marketing guidance and oversee that your branding standards are being met. As your Creative Partner, Ncutt will ensure your website design quality and message consistency. We can team with your staff to assist or manage the site from design to programming, search engine optimization and tracking analysis — from the foundation up, every block set in place plays key roles in the success of your investment.

A website portrays a company’s level of professionalism.

creative value: When technical experts team well with an artist, the results show.

WEBSITE DESIGN

SiteWorks, Bridgestone and InPlant’s websites reveal the quality and the full range of their services in one glance.

Further into SiteWorks’ site, you’ll find a portfolio of their work. The bio page introduces the leaders of the company along with their contact information – this page is designed to print onto one sheet for convenience.

Ncutt designed the Bridgestone Truck Tire site in coordination with their internal IT department.

InPlant’s site is highly optimized to gain a higher traffic share in an “organic” way. Ncutt continues tracking traffic to guide future creative direction. The site is also integrated with Google AdWords for optimum return on InPlant’s Google investment. Under Ncutt’s management and direction, the InPlant site has increased impressions over 650% and and site traffic over 550%.

Website Design

Selling Great Ideas

Selling Great Ideas

Good business deals begin with well-designed presentations. Well-planned business packages portray your level of professionalism. Using compelling visual aids along with an easy-to-read, cleanly formatted program can assist in helping others understand and buy your concept.

CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS

“American Profile” is a Sunday newspaper insert distributed in 48 states and to more than 11 million homes each week. Ncutt created the conceptual designs and visual aids for the venture capital proposals. Ncutt has partnered with many entrepreneurs over the years to assist in the design and development of presentations and visual aids used to land multi-million dollar business deals like “American Profile.”

creative value: You promote a professional image with professional art — hire an artist.

Effective Client Presentations

Effective Client Presentations

When a presentation is made, strive to present your ideas in a professional manner.
Ncutt can assist you and your team with creative direction and a fresh perspective to strengthen your presentations. Different styles and types of presentations can be tailored to your business needs.

COLLATERAL

Warner/Avalon Sponsorship Marketing, Proposals & Presentations. Warner/Avalon realized the value and effectiveness in using top-notch presentations to attract businesses. Ncutt assisted Warner/Avalon in landing major sponsorship deals, from the event vendor sponsor to the primary corporate sponsor.

creative value: Build your presentation upon the facts your audience will take away, then connect with a creative to polish your image.

Creating Ties That Bind

Creating Ties That Bind

Products are most often sold on price alone. If a company offers support service to backup their product, the company has a better chance to develop a long-term relationship with the customer. Clearly stating your services and creating online connections to your products can make it convenient for customers to receive help at any time of the day.

INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Bridgestone Tire Solutions is a tire management program. Bridgestone Commercial Division needed a way for their 175 reps and 2,500 dealers to become an integral part of their fleet customers’ business. Ncutt designed a program to position Bridgestone reps and dealers from being more than simple tire peddlers, and to become a fleet’s service partner. Ncutt designed, engineered & directed Bridgestone’s online application and the collateral it generates. Each fleet customer meets with their tire dealer and Bridgestone sales rep to define the relationship roles and establish agreements on best practices which, in turn, creates and sustains long-term customer loyalty. After the trio of leaders discuss and agree on the fleet’s procedures, a custom tire policy is created for the management team and shop cards for the maintenance staff.

creative value: Teaming with creatives cultivates breakthroughs ideas!

Know Your Audience

Know Your Audience

When studying the demographics of your target audience, it becomes easier to direct marketing efforts more appropriately. Age influences our online behaviors: People under 35 spend more time online, using social media, blogging, and using mobile devices than voice communication; and people over 35 spend slightly more time with email and on land line phones (Hotchkiss).

MARKETING B2B

The Seger Consulting Group is a business-to-business service company offering management training to utility companies. The name alone did not convey anything about them. Ncutt created Seger’s logo with known icons to gain the attention of their target audience and clarify their realm of expertise.

creative value: When creatives and techs utilize each others talents, business happens.

Keep Moving Forward

Keep Moving Forward

With a good business assessment in hand, you may begin to devise a marketing plan, develop strategies, and prepare for advertising implementation. A dynamic advertising campaign will differentiate your product, persuade the consumer’s choice and rejuvenate your audience. Your brand must be managed or your competitors will determine the playing field.

BRAND COLLATERALS

Guardian is a regional product distributor that needed to revamp their image as they were growing. Ncutt developed a promotional campaign, staged the new facility grand opening, designed a small 8-page welcome brochure for tradeshows and broad distribution, compiled an 8-page regional introduction brochure for dynamic printing on-demand, wrote and provided PR to trade magazines, started an ad campaign and a new quarterly newsletter. During the first year of Ncutt’s marketing assistance, Guardian’s total net income increased by 18%.

creative value: Existing art holds great value. Keeping consistent with tradition matters!

Identity by Design

Identity by Design

Comprehensive branding and identity designs establish emotional connections. Subtle or overt, through copy or imagery, your brand should include a unique color palette and distinctive packaging to set you apart. Ncutt can help you to identify your brand and design effective materials to attract your customer’s attention and create a positive association.

creative value: Emotional ties drive a sell. Quality & Service solidify customers.

BRANDING INITIATIVE

Gaertner Cabinet Company (GCC) is a 30+ year, privately owned shop that crafts custom cabinetry for customers who expect quality. After assessing the brand and learning “the difference” in working with GCC, Ncutt designed a sales brochure for prospective clients to build a stronger relationship and emotionally connect clients to the romantic ideals of true craftsmanship. While displaying GCC’s ability to build diverse and unique products, one learns more about the benefits of the personal service you receive when hiring Gaertner Cabinet Company.