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How to find the perfect words to describe your brand
The starting point for your brand language shouldn’t be your agency’s “proprietary framework” — but the voices of those you want to reach.
Copywriting: How to sell work to your senior stakeholders
How do you win over internal stakeholders when presenting a new tagline, purpose statement, values or other piece of brand language? By detailing how every word has earned its place.
Vision statements: How to talk about your big dream for your business
The best vision statements take a big idea and paint it small. Here’s how to do that — with help from visionaries like JFK, Bill Gates and Henry Ford.
Brand language: How to avoid the “Franken-statement” trap
As your new brand language goes through rounds of reviews, it risks growing to the point of clunkiness. Here’s how to be consultative without creating statements that sag under their own weight.
Brand language: Don’t expect a standing ovation
Great brand language isn’t clever or creative — at its best, it captures what everyone’s been saying all along.
What we’ve been up to: an insightful and inspiring webinar on values
In our free webinar, Beyond tablestakes, we shared six tips for uncovering, articulating and role-modelling your values - so they really make a difference to your org.
Is it time your org had a culture deck?
Netflix, Spotify and Asana are just some of the companies that have nailed down their culture in a compelling written form. Here’s how to create your credo for employees to live by.
Free webinar: How to make your values make a difference
Join us on 26 February for a free one-hour session on how to bring your organisation’s values to life.
How can you change your culture for the better?
In this guest post, James Rutherford, HR consultant and friend of Broom & Moon, argues that actively managing your culture should itself be part of your culture.
What is culture?
How do you define organisational culture? James Rutherford, HR consultant and friend of Broom & Moon, shares his definition — and the questions to ask to understand yours.
Naming your brand: 3 sources of inspiration to play with (and 1 to get out of the way early)
The best brand names are the product of playfulness and an open mind. So if you’re after a name that’s more memorable than your competitors’, here are three places to let your mind wander (and one to avoid).
Choosing a name for your business? Here’s how to get feedback on it that’s actually useful
Naming your new business or product can be a tricky task - not least because everyone will have an opinion on the options. Here are three tips for getting feedback that helps, not hinders.
What we’ve been up to: winning words & a wowing webinar
This month has been all about great writing — from accepting an award for copywriting to sharing tips on winning over employees with your words.
Communicating change? Here are the powerful questions to ask
Leigh Findlay, change comms expert and friend of Broom & Moon, shares her tips on the powerful questions to ask your stakeholders at the outset of their change project.
What we’ve been up to: shortlisted for a copywriting award!
Clare Lynch, co-founder of Broom & Moon, has been shortlisted for the Women in Marketing Copywriting Award 2024.
This ubiquitous corporate value is a red flag for a culture in trouble
Banging on about doing the right thing won’t save you from a scandal. Possibly the opposite, in fact.
Does your org need a purpose filter?
It's one thing to have a purpose and values - quite another to make them part of people's day-to-day decision-making. Here's a tool that can help.
A great mission can turbocharge your employee engagement
Hugh Hawthorne, Director at PeopleNav and friend of Broom & Moon shares research demonstrating a link between purpose and performance.
Could a single corporate value be enough?
More than three corporate values and your people will struggle to live by them. But what if you could boil your values down to one guiding principle?
What we’ve been up to: “The two funnest girls at Cambridge Tech Week”
The highlight of this month’s calendar was spending a week in Cambridge, giving talks to startup founders and new graduate students at the University.
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