Word on the Street

To introduce its well-established brand into this new channel, Life Fitness approached Street Level Studio to create marketing materials for display in Costco stores.

Earlier this year, Inspirion Wealth Advisors asked us to create a new brand that would better represent their company, a progressive, high-end financial advisory firm, and position them as a competitor in their field. Of course, we leapt at the challenge.

What if I told you I have hundreds — make that thousands — of people who are interested in your industry and willing to meet you in person? They are eager to learn more and open to making purchases. It’s not too good to be true; it’s just a good old-fashioned trade show.

Can you hear me now?
You’re in good hands.
They’re Gr-r-r-eat!

Do you recognize the companies behind these taglines? I’m sure you do; a well-written tagline is extremely powerful. It can help a company stand out from the competition, and can act as a solid foundation for future marketing efforts. Plus, it can bolster a company internally by reinforcing its personality and culture.

Every color tells a story, and each of the roughly ten million colors that are visible to the human eye conveys a message by producing a chemical reaction in our brains. These messages are often tied to emotional responses, personal memories, and cultural context. They can impact our perception—when you assume that a yellow car on a city street is a taxi—and they can cause us to act—when that same taxi stops at a red light.

So, what happens when we boost this communication by giving the colors names? By adding in language, can we craft these messages and reframe these perceptions?

When our client, Brunswick Billiards, approached us with a request to design a logo that would celebrate 170 years of successful business, we jumped at the challenge. Developing a new logo can be tricky, and it requires careful consideration of a company’s history and visual style.

With more than 400 exhibitors at this year’s Pool and Spa Show in Atlantic City, there was plenty to see and do. The Pool and Spa Show is the place to be for everything you need and everything you need to know about today’s pool and spa trends, so we were eager to help our client, Emerald Spas, stand out.

You’ve probably noticed that things look pretty different around here.

According to Direct Marketing News writer David Eldridge, “It’s [marketing] an ongoing process made up of many discrete but valuable steps, each contributing to the greater cause.” Street Level Studio agrees.