Grow Your Brand in Uncertain Times

The Perfect Time to Analyze Your Brand is When Times are Tough

Written by Robyn T. Braley

When economies are threatened by international trade uncertainty, unexpected natural disasters, pandemics, domestic unrest or the threat of war, it's time to reassess and realign your brand. 

Canada's economy has been impacted by a decline in our petroleum industry. Government, industry and climate change interest groups can't seem to find a compromise that will allow all parties to move forward for the common good.

 
That has drastically impacted the economies of Canada's prairie provinces in particular. The Alberta government was forced to regulate production in order to protect market prices. Government interference in any market at any time is heresy to the entrepreneurs. 

How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Brand

Written by Robyn T. Braley

Brands are built by delivering on promises to customers. Delivering on promises with continuity, consistency and predictability earns customer loyalty. It's at that point that a brand becomes sustainable.  

However, being predictable doesn't mean you are rigid and don’t adapt or respond to new opportunities or threats. Doing the same thing in the same way for too long can put you into a rut. And, a rut, as they say, is a grave with the ends kicked out. 


While a brand has meaning, it must also remain relevant year after year. As customer needs change, so must your company. Building your brand requires flexibility in order to stay relevant.

It's Not Always About the Logo

Your brand is what customers think it is! It's defined by how they feel about your company, product or service.

Our company, Unimark Creative, did marketing projects for an Alberta based drilling tool company. It was a startup in the true sense of the word. 

Two young men founded the company out of the back of an old half-ton truck. They stored  product on one side of a two-car garage. 

Forty years later the business had grown to become the dominant supplier within the Canadian and US drilling industry. The company was worth many millions of dollars.