Oct25

A Sticky Brand Is Like a River

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The Water Goes By, But the River Stays

A brand is a promise.

It’s like a river, we visit to relax; we might not say what brings us back. It could be the view, the quiet, the crystal clear water that moves by slow and deep. Yet we return with an expectation.

We come back to the river because we trust that those qualities we value will be fundamentally the same.

Small changes over time are often enjoyable. The trees may grow, flower, change color. The animals may come and go. The water moves by and slowly changes the terrain. Still we find the beautiful, peaceful place we came to enjoy.

It’s a familiar and consistent experience despite any subtle change.

A sticky brand is like that river.

A sticky brand changes subtly over time yet, the core values stay familiar — that customers trust in the experience goes without saying.

Without that core consistency, not only is a brand not sticky. It’s really not a brand. A brand is a promise we can rely on.

Liz Strauss

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  • http://www.thekissbusiness.co.uk Karin H.

    “A sticky brand changes subtly over time yet, the core values stay familiar”

    ;-) Our ‘hedgehog concept’. One of the reasons I keep re-reading James Collins and co (Good to great – Build to Last), and because ‘the doctor’ says so.

    Karin H. (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)

  • http://www.lettingmebe.blogspot.com Liz Strauss

    Hi Karin!
    I love your hedgehog! It makes sense to keep reminding ourselves by re-reading the great ones. (no pun intended. )

  • http://www.thekissbusiness.co.uk Karin H.

    I love my hedgehog too – but of course ;-)
    It’s what makes our business tick (and more and more stick).

    Karin H.

  • http://www.lettingmebe.blogspot.com Liz Strauss

    Alert! ALert! I can’t resist!
    Sticky ticky. :)

  • http://www.thekissbusiness.co.uk Karin H.

    ;-)

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