Celebrating Five Years of Building Better Brands

Back in 2017, we started +Intention, a strategic branding and design studio, to show that the right branding can help businesses realize their full potential. A lot can happen over five years. As a way to reflect on our story thus far, we sat down with the principal of +Intention, Terry Lawrence, to look back on all that’s been accomplished since the studio’s inception.

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+Intention Recognized as Bronze Winner by IDA

+Intention is happy to announce that its brand identity for Tulip Tree Gardens has been recognized as a Winner of a Bronze Award from the International Design Awards (IDA) in the category of Print, Corporate Identity. In addition, the project reviewed additional Honorable Mention Awards in the categories of Print, Packaging and Other, Graphic Design.

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Looking Back with Intention

This holiday season looks a little different than it did last year, and we are so thankful for that. As a way to reflect back on 2020, and commemorate something that was extremely personal and significant to us, we decided to revisit a project that we started around this time last year.

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Utilizing Your Brand to Increase Customer Engagement

Middle market companies are realizing how fragile their connections are with their customers, and how reliant they are on marketing and channels to maintain that connection. So when something like a pandemic disrupts their approach, they’re not always sure how to pivot. When wondering where to turn, the most durable solution to support their business may be their most underutilized asset—their brand.

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Branding. What It Is. What It Isn’t. And Why It Matters.

There’s some confusion around the subject of brands and branding. Bluntly, some business owners think brand work is the “fluffy stuff” of marketing. Nothing could be further from the truth. Branding is meaty. Even in this digital age of big data and machine learning, brand discussions, brand stories, and brand projects remain central to the marketing world for the simple reason that leveraging the power of your brand is the key to creating sustainable business success.

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Thinking+Intention
Going Into 2021 with Intention

We’re fast approaching the end of 2020 and, like us, you’re probably sighing with relief. For many, it has been a year of Covid-driven chaos and confusion. At the very least, this year has tested even the most established of businesses. Thankfully, for our strategic branding and design studio, it’s been a year of rapid change and growth. We started 2020 as a three-person team, and we will end the year as a nine-person group. To say we’re grateful would be an understatement.

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Evaluating Your Brand: Key Considerations

More often than not, leaders think their solution will arise from making a change within a channel rather than considering a question about their business. The truth is, a tactic isn’t going to address their needs. So what will? One tool, if leveraged the right way, can become a powerful asset in supporting their business.

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