Do fashion brands really need copywriting?

The term “personal branding” has become extremely popular in the age of self-promotion, but what does a personal brand look like? Here are five personal branding examples from Sublimio’s annuals.

What value has branding for startups? A lot, and yet it is sometimes this vital piece of the puzzle is left behind, just to be addressed at a later stage. Here’s why it should be top of the list.

What is brand awareness? The word is sure thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean, why can it be so valuable for your business, and how do you grow it?

65% of businesses fail within 10 years, proof that it’s not easy to turn a business around. Could branding be an untapped resource to traverse treacherous waters?

The humble About Us page is sometimes overlooked in favor of the flashy homepage. But this corner of the website is far from useless. Here’s how you can make it work.

What do the best branding agencies have in common? Not necessarily their style or approach, of course, but a set of values that delivers outstanding work.

Luxury branding is – in a sense – a league of its own, with its own dos and don’ts. The luxury audience has very precise expectations, and you’d better not break them.

If you are looking to expand a small business, you have several ways to do that. Maybe you haven’t been thinking about branding, though. We explain why it might actually help your efforts.

Everybody seems to be talking about brand purpose today. But while the keyword might be fashionable, businesses need to think hard about what it really means for them.

Have you ever considered the idea of tying your brand identity to a fictional character? It might sound like an obsolete choice, but numbers might just change your mind.

Turning yourself into a brand scares most people, especially because it’s hard to figure out how to differentiate oneself. And yet the answer might be easier than you think.

Not all brands are Nike or Burger King. But this doesn’t mean you should just put up with being “boring”. Just the opposite: it’s always possible to be interesting, as long as you have the right communication strategy.

Once considered a niche phenomenon, gaming is today the driving force in the world of entertainment, but most of all a culture that unites billions of people. And one that brands should watch carefully.

If you are thinking of expanding your business to the Italian market, make sure your brand can match the expectations and mindset of the locals.

The experience a client has of a brand is the result of many concurring elements. We often focus on only some of these, missing some precious opportunities.

As we get used to global brands, we tend to overlook the challenges of bringing a brand to a different culture from its own. Here are some pitfalls and solutions.

In a global market, the national roots of a brand can add value. As long as you can leverage them in the right way.

Naming a brand might be one of the most exciting journeys, but also one of the most distressing. Some advice to avoid it going downhill.

Luxury brands can’t bask in the glow of that one-off commercial anymore. To connect with their audiences they must produce content. A lot of it.

As all brands struggle to understand the evolving customer, luxury brands have the most daunting task: ushering their intangible values into a new era.

Jewelry customers differ wildly. Knowing who is going to buy your jewels makes all the difference for structuring your brand.

Fashion brands have a long experience in breaking rules, inspiring us and taking us to distant worlds. Why does this not happen on digital?

Tone of voice is essential for your brand identity, but will you ever use that nice document or will it just sit somewhere on your hard disk?

Sublimio’s founder Matteo Modica shares his experience in starting and developing a boutique branding agency over the years.

For smaller brands it might be tempting to skip strategy and just get a bloody logo. But cutting corners might backfire.

Does branding require a large agency? Not really. Here is what brands can expect when working with a boutique.

Before you start spreading your brand, make sure you have set a clear brand strategy, with this practical checklist.

There’s nothing more dangerous than a designer who just says yes. I say this as a designer, but I do it in the interests of my customers.

When a brand doesn’t work every communication initiative is accompanied by enormous efforts. Here are some possible causes (and solutions).

A complete briefing helps the designer to work better and faster, and the company to get the logo it had in mind. Here are 11 essential points.

What does it mean to be a luxury brand in a world where everything is digital and free?

Something is happening, in the fashion world and specifically in the fashion brand communication: from image, fashion is becoming a story.

Some of us believe in it, others despise it. But all of us are doing personal branding, constantly. We just don’t realize it.