DO YOU STILL BELIEVE TRENDS ARE FOR EVERYONE?

 
 
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Let us help you define the trends that are actually relevant for your community & brand. 

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General trends don’t strengthen a brand’s identity. Trends within
a community do.  

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Trends come and go at a deadly pace. Following them all is not only a financial drain, it also affects your brand’s long term recognisability.

The explosion of information and stimuli makes attention precious. Brands are getting less opportunities to communicate who they are and what they stand for. In this context it doesn’t make sense to change course and message with every new emerging trend.

More than ever, it is essential for brands to identify which trends are important for their brand to stay relevant for a certain community. By watching a community and identifying their ever-changing wants, we provide inspiration for your brand to stay agile and fresh, without deviating from your long-term course.

 
 

 In this noisy world it is not easy to see the forest for the trees and decide on the next move in your brand’s development. That’s why we created the Community Brand Method©️.

 
 
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COMMUNITY BRAND METHOD©️

A step by step approach to develop a logical strategy that helps you determine what should be next in the evolution of your community brand.

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BRAND IDENTITY TEST

To identify the right trends it is important to understand your brand identity and the community it connects with. Before starting your journey with our Community Watching studio, you’ll receive a personal report that will help you determine these fundamentals and the community worth watching.

RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL REPORT

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COMMUNITY WATCHING

We don’t watch trends, we watch communities and help you to keep a finger on their pulses to evolve as a brand togtether with the community you want to connect with.

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COMMUNITY REPORTS

As we are equally eager to keep an eye on selected communities, we create community reports that give you an insight into their worlds and an opportunity to keep informed about their lives.

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CASE

CLIENT Ethnicraft
PRODUCT Community watch report
YEAR 2018

 

During the strategic consultancy determining Ethnicraft’s community brand identity, we researched different communities in order to make an informed decision on the most relevant for the company to focus on.

 
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YOU DO YOU - Nederlands

You Do You biedt een frisse, nieuwe kijk op concurrentiestrategie in de 21ste eeuw. Vanuit recente sociologische ontwikkelingen en inzichten uit de analytische psychologie overtuigen de auteurs tot een andere kijk op branding. Merken riskeren zich immers meer en meer te verliezen in hun focus op de consument, terwijl ze die pas echt kunnen overtuigen wanneer ze trouw blijven aan hun authentieke zelf.

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YOU DO YOU - English

A fresh new voice in inspiration for business professionals, You Do You takes competitive strategy into the 21st century. Combining insights from analytical psychology and recent sociological transformations, the writers create a compelling case for a counterintuitive approach: turning your focus inward to become a better brand for your consumer.

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COMMUNITY MARKETING

Community marketing gaat terug naar de basis. Traditioneel doen bedrijven hun uiterste best om de consument te overtuigen met een boodschap die ‘harder, better, faster, stronger’ is. Stephanie Duval en Nele Pieters laten zien dat het centraal zetten van de consument en zijn community veel dieper doordringt tot de kern van het verhaal. En dat op alle niveaus binnen het bedrijf.

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EEN NIEUWE METHODE OM MARKETING TE TRANSFORMEREN

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Vergeet de marketinggoeroes die je bedrijf vanuit hun ivoren torens dure spitstechnologie aansmeren, je kan maar beter teruggaan naar de kern van je verhaal. Back to basics. Dat is heel kort door de bocht samengevat waar de filosofie achter ‘community marketing’ voor staat.

WAAROM AUTHENTIEKE MERKEN IMPERFECT DURVEN TE ZIJN

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Consumenten hunkeren meer dan ooit naar duidelijkheid. Iets waar veel bedrijven vandaag mee worstelen, waardoor ze zichzelf steeds weer willen heruitvinden. Alsof het scherpstellen van hun eigen authentieke identiteit ingaat tegen de aangeleerde natuur om steeds de consument centraal te zetten.

WAAROM LATEN WE ONS VERLEIDEN DOOR ‘SHINY NEW THINGS’?

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Hoe komt het toch dat we ons zonder nadenken laten verblinden door al die shiny new things? Is dit omdat al deze technieken snelle resultaten beloven en veel minder dreigend overkomen dan het alternatief, de technologische hoogstandjes van the day after tomorrow?