1111 Media Group
- 2-9 employees
- Clients include Reva Air, BreakThrough, Hurtigruten, Terra Lax, Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Industry focus: Business services, Healthcare & medical, Hospitality & leisure
1111 Media Group is a digital marketing agency that provides a variety of branding services.
If you're just starting out, they can design your logo and create other branding elements that will help you stand out from the competition. They can also produce a brand overview video that tells your audience why you exist, what you offer, and how you ensure that their expectations are achieved. And once your identity is established, you can use 1111 Media Group's SEO and PPC services to get your name out there.
What Customers Are Saying
In addition to their graphic design and marketing expertise, 1111 Media Group offers strong communication skills as well. "They always deliver on time and without any issues," wrote one client. "They’re flexible and easy to work with, resulting in a strong business partnership."
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Digital Marketing, Web Design, Web Development
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Headquarter Location
1250 SW 27th Ave, Miami, FL 33135
Features
- 2-9 employees
- Clients include Reva Air, BreakThrough, Hurtigruten, Terra Lax, Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Industry focus: Business services, Healthcare & medical, Hospitality & leisure
BLVR
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Tony Robbins, Vessel, and San Diego State University
- Industry focuses: Advertising, entertainment, and business services industries
Headquartered in San Diego, California, BLVR offers four types of expertise to firms that need help building their brands. For companies in need of new brand development, BLVR staff members conduct research, create company mission and vision statements, determine the best way to position new brands, and develop names, taglines and other elements of a company’s brand identity. The firm’s brand design services include graphic design, packaging design, art direction and campaign design, along with copywriting, videography, photography, and other complementary services.
In addition to its branding services, BLVR offers UX strategy development and web development. Team members create targeted UX strategies by conducting user research, developing customer personas, creating custom content, creating prototypes and determining the best way to optimize a site for the search engines. The company’s web development services include third-party platform integration, hosting and maintenance, full-stack development, and the implementation of content management systems. BLVR is certified as a B corporation, which means staff members focus on using their skills to solve environmental and social problems.
What Customers Are Saying
Customers praise BLVR for their creative abilities, prompting one user to write that the company managed to create a “stunning overarching brand” with high-quality design elements. Customers also appreciate that the BLVR team members treat every project as an opportunity for collaboration with the client, which makes the firm a “professional, creative and thorough partner.”
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Branding, Market Research, Web Design
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Headquarter Location
1205 J St, Suite A
San Diego, CA 92102
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Tony Robbins, Vessel, and San Diego State University
- Industry focuses: Advertising, entertainment, and business services industries
C42D
- 2-9 employees
- Clients include YouTube, Ogilvy, and The Corcoran Group
- Industry focuses: e-commerce and consumer products/services
C42D has six core service lines designed to help companies attract new customers and increase their revenue. With its discovery and brand audit services, C42D helps clients better understand their customers and their industries, which aids in the development of a successful branding strategy. For companies who already understand their audiences and their competitors, C42D offers a variety of branding strategy services, including the development of brand missions, values, attributes, and key messages. This includes creative direction, developing a brand architecture, and helping clients come up with memorable names for their products. C42D also offers brand design services, including logo development, taglines, color schemes, and fonts.
After developing a client’s brand, C42D team members also provide digital design services and help with customer retention and engagement. The firm’s digital design services include determining the right structure for each website, developing effective calls to action, and making design decisions based on a company’s user flows and browsing preferences.
What Customers Are Saying
Customers love C42D for its collaborative approach to design and branding. One reviewer praised the firm for listening closely to clients’ needs, stating “their ability to deeply understand the founder’s vision was impressive.” C42D also receives high marks for producing designs that engage customers and make brands stand out in a crowded marketplace.
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Branding, Web Design, Advertising
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Headquarter Location
315 W 36th St
New York, NY 10018
United States
Features
- 2-9 employees
- Clients include YouTube, Ogilvy, and The Corcoran Group
- Industry focuses: e-commerce and consumer products/services
Catchword
- 2-9 employees
- Clients include Aetna, Fitbit, Intel, and Starbucks
- Industry focuses: business services, consumer products/services, and financial services
Catchword is an award-winning agency that delivers engaging, memorable brand names and brand messaging for companies, products, and services. Using a rigorous creative process honed for over 20 years, Catchword has helped clients in every sector find that most fundamental brand asset: their name. The Catchword team works closely with client teams to develop a deep understanding of the brand and business objectives, then crafts names, taglines, and other copy to support them. The signature Catchword naming service includes two rounds of creative refinement – typically yielding more than 2,000 name candidates – followed by cultural, linguistic, and preliminary trademark availability screening.
They also provide a variety of strategic services around brand naming, such as the name audit (to help clients decide whether their company or product needs a new name), naming architecture (to help product names make sense together so customers know what they need), and naming protocol (to ensure consistency and take the guesswork out of brand naming for future products or brand acquisitions).
What Customers Are Saying
Customers laud Catchword’s creativity, passion for naming, and strategic smarts. “Catchword delivered high-quality naming recommendations that merged our strategic and creative objectives,” wrote one client. “Not only were their name recommendations creative, clever, and compelling, the Catchword team was also strategic and smart, both in naming and branding,” wrote another. Catchword has also won praise for insightful questions, customer responsiveness, and the ability to help internal teams reach consensus on thorny brand issues.
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- 2-9 employees
- Clients include Aetna, Fitbit, Intel, and Starbucks
- Industry focuses: business services, consumer products/services, and financial services
DeSantis Breindel
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Guggenheim Partners, Bond Dealers of America, and Verifone
- Industry focuses: information technology, business services, and financial services industries
DeSantis Breindel focuses exclusively on B2B marketing. The firm typically works with clients in the technology, health care, real estate, professional services, and financial services industries. Staff members also have expertise in working with private foundations, nonprofit organizations and associations. For its clients, DeSantis Breindel offers a variety of services designed to build lasting brands and keep customers and employees engaged. The company has nine service lines to help clients with brand strategy, identity development, brand research, and customer experience design.
The firm’s brand strategy services include company and product naming, the development of branding guidelines, and assistance with brand messaging and positioning. For businesses still building their brand identities, DeSantis Breindel develops logos and visual systems, literature systems, marketing templates, and business signage. The company also provides assistance with digital branding and website development, which involves content development, SEO consulting, mapping of the customer journey, personal development, and the development of brand assets for use on social media.
What Customers Are Saying
Customers enjoy working with DeSantis Breindel due to the firm’s commitment to collaborating with clients. One client writes that “DeSantis has always been, first and foremost, a partner.” The firm also has an excellent reputation for making recommendations to help businesses increase their email open rates and generate more revenue by tweaking their marketing strategies.
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Branding, Marketing Strategy, Digital Strategy
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Headquarter Location
30 W 21st St
New York, NY 11206
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Guggenheim Partners, Bond Dealers of America, and Verifone
- Industry focuses: information technology, business services, and financial services industries
Evviva
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Amazon, DocuSign, and Google Fiber
- Industry focuses: information technology, financial services, and energy/natural resources
The team at Evviva focuses on creating brands that match each client’s business objectives. Staff members have experience helping companies make brand decisions in several situations, including launching a new product, adopting a new business strategy, and encountering a new competitor on the market.
For clients getting ready to launch new brands, the Evviva team can help with name selection, identity development, content and graphics for a custom WordPress website, graphic design for pamphlets and other marketing materials, and a strategy playbook. Mature companies use Evviva for brand audits, split testing, and assessments of brand strength and brand value. Evviva also helps mature brands adjust their strategies to overcome new challenges in the marketplace. Staff members engage in media planning, help clients overhaul their mission and vision statements, find ways to differentiate brands from their competitors and use social media to attract positive attention for clients.
What Customers Are Saying
Customers appreciate that Evviva team members take the time to get to know each client’s objectives, prompting one customer to write that Evviva “acquired a depth of knowledge about the company’s essence…that resulted in exceptional deliverables.” Evviva also receives high marks for making thoughtful decisions and engaging in a thorough research process before creating any brand elements.
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Branding, Market Research, Marketing Strategy
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Headquarter Location
1142 Grant Ave, Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94113
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Amazon, DocuSign, and Google Fiber
- Industry focuses: information technology, financial services, and energy/natural resources
id8
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include The City of Atlanta, Guinness, and Inland Market
- Industry focuses: manufacturing, business services, and consumer products/services
The team members at id8 work with business owners and corporate executives to create memorable brands that help companies keep their customers engaged. The company’s branding services include branding strategy, brand audits, the development of branded materials, and assistance with developing appropriate messaging. For companies in need of assistance with marketing and communications, id8 helps with marketing strategy, marketing research, and the development of marketing materials and sales presentations. The firm also has expertise in advertising, both traditional and digital, as well as media planning and buying.
For customers with product-based businesses, id8 offers assistance with packaging design, including focus groups, product testing, shelf audits, and the development of retail brand strategies. Staff members also provide a wide variety of digital marketing and website design services, such as website management, the development of digital asset portfolios, and custom motion graphics.
What Customers Are Saying
Customers of id8 report that the company’s team members are “responsive, open-minded and easy to work with.” The company also has a reputation for exceeding clients’ expectations, taking the time to get to know each client, and delivering completed projects ahead of schedule, which helps clients focus on revenue-generating activities.
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Branding, Web Design, Packaging Design
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Headquarter Location
30 S Park Sq NE, Suite 201
Marietta, GA 30060
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include The City of Atlanta, Guinness, and Inland Market
- Industry focuses: manufacturing, business services, and consumer products/services
Lounge Lizard
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include A&E Television, Disney, and Canon
- Industry focuses: business services and financial services
Lounge Lizard is a full-service agency that offers branding services, website/app development, UX/UI design, and marketing services. For firms launching new brands, the team members at Lounge Lizard can help with the development of an appropriate brand voice and determine the best way to position the new brand in the marketplace. The firm’s website designers emphasize usability, combining their visually appealing designs with elements that make each site function exactly as intended. Lounge Lizard also employs experienced Android and iOS developers, which enables the firm to provide a variety of app design, development, and testing services.
Lounge Lizard team members focus on making the final product easy to use, which can help keep customers engaged. The company also offers customized digital marketing programs, which may include search engine optimization, digital public relations, and social media marketing depending on the client’s needs.
What Customers Are Saying
Lounge Lizard customers speak highly of the company’s ability to turn around projects quickly and manage each project effectively. One satisfied customer writes, “The project manager [was] excellent at managing expectations throughout the engagement.” Lounge Lizard has also been praised for making website adjustments that lead to increased traffic and better sales conversions.
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Web Design, Advertising, Branding
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Headquarter Location
112 W 34th St 18th Floor
New York, NY 10120
United States
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- 10-49 employees
- Clients include A&E Television, Disney, and Canon
- Industry focuses: business services and financial services
Motto
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Google, Hershey, and 20th Century Fox
- Industry focuses: business services, consumer products/services, and arts/entertainment
Motto is a branding agency that uses its creative services to help companies establish themselves as leaders in their industries. Team members start by creating a brand framework that aligns with each client’s overall business strategy. Creating this framework helps identify the company’s core values, determine an appropriate brand position, and develop attributes that can be used to attract new customers. Motto staff members also emphasize the importance of language in marketing a company’s products and services. They write brand stories, creating messaging kits, create voice guidelines, and draft copy to be used in print and digital marketing materials.
Once a brand framework is in place, Motto team members work on creating a visual identity kit based on the client’s vision and brand voice. This process involves developing a creative brief, creating style boards, designing the brand’s identity, creating accompanying graphic elements, and developing a brand guide that documents these decisions.
What Customers Are Saying
Motto receives high marks for its “open communication and mutual respect” for clients. Customers also appreciate that Motto’s team members take the time to understand each brand’s identity, which ensures that all copy, logos, and other brand elements feel authentic and well-aligned with the customer’s business strategy and target audience.
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Branding, Marketing Strategy, Digital Strategy
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Headquarter Location
200 Broadway
New York, NY 10038
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Google, Hershey, and 20th Century Fox
- Industry focuses: business services, consumer products/services, and arts/entertainment
Paragraphs, LLC
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include IBM Watson, Baxter Healthcare, and Coca-Cola FEMSA
- Industry focuses: business services, consumer products/services, and health care
Paragraphs, LLC, is a Chicago-based branding firm that provides marketing services across six categories. For clients getting ready to launch new brands, Paragraphs offers naming services, corporate identity development and the creation of brand guidelines, along with customized launch programs. The firm’s team members also use their marketing expertise to help clients develop successful promotional strategies. These services include competitor research, brand positioning, and target audience research. Because brand stories are so important for connecting with consumers, Paragraphs offers a variety of storytelling services, including content development, copywriting, and infographics.
In addition to developing websites, designing product packaging, and creating advertising campaigns, Paragraphs offers corporate communications services to help companies better communicate with their stakeholders. Team members work on a variety of projects, including annual reports, sustainability reports, fact books, and documents designed to increase employee engagement and reduce turnover. Paragraphs is also a certified Women’s Business Enterprise.
What Customers Are Saying
Paragraphs, LLC customers rave about the company’s efficient approach to collaboration. One reviewer notes that the team has a “straightforward, efficient working style” that allows them to complete tasks on time. Other customers have commented on the firm’s market research abilities, which staff members use to uncover additional brand-building opportunities for each client.
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Branding, Graphic Design, Web Design
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Headquarter Location
200 S Michigan Ave, Suite 1410
Chicago, IL 60604
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include IBM Watson, Baxter Healthcare, and Coca-Cola FEMSA
- Industry focuses: business services, consumer products/services, and health care
Ruckus
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Crayola and NYC Ferry
- Industry focuses: retail, advertising/marketing, and business services
Ruckus is a branding agency that combines creativity with an emphasis on business strategy. To help clients meet their goals, Ruckus has four key services lines: branding, platforms, campaigns, and film/photography. Under the branding category, Ruckus team members help companies create their own “brand DNA,” develop logos and product packaging, establish brand guidelines, and provide retail design services. The platforms category focuses on designing visually appealing websites and apps that improve the a brand’s online performance. Services in this category include e-commerce development, responsive design, the development of custom content management systems, and iPhone/Android app development.
Under the campaigns category, Ruckus helps clients blend the right messages with the right designs. This category includes search engine optimization, lead generation, digital advertising, trade show preparation, and email marketing. Ruckus also has a full-service studio, giving clients access to a variety of pre-production, production, and post-production services, such as script writing, storyboarding, location scouting, color correction, and sound engineering.
What Customers Are Saying
Ruckus has a solid reputation for staying in touch with clients long after their branding projects have been completed. One reviewer writes, “The work has been done, but they continue to follow up…They always ask if we need anything else.” Customers also appreciate that staff members are dedicated to the success of each project.
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Branding, Web Design, Video Production
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Headquarter Location
240 W 37th St, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Crayola and NYC Ferry
- Industry focuses: retail, advertising/marketing, and business services
SmartSites
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Poker Stars, Rockville Interiors, and Harvard University
- Industry focuses: health care, business services, and automotive
SmartSites offers branding, design, website development, and other services all in one place. The firm’s award-winning graphic designers develop strong brands by creating logos, developing print marketing materials, designing high-converting email templates, and providing other design services. For clients in need of a stronger online presence, SmartSites provides a variety of website design, hosting and maintenance services, including WordPress development and Drupal development. Staff members also have the expertise needed to create online stores with Shopify, Magento development, and BigCommerce development.
After establishing a brand and developing a variety of business assets, SmartSites helps clients generate leads and grow their revenue by providing pay-per-click (PPC) marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) services. As a Google Channel Partner, SmartSites team members have the expertise needed to manage complex AdWords campaigns. They also offer Facebook and LinkedIn advertising, remarketing services, and e-commerce management. The firm’s SEO services include SEO analysis, link building, digital public relations, and SEO writing.
What Customers Are Saying
Customers love that SmartSites is a full-service agency that combines branding with web development, PPC advertising and other services that help firms generate more revenue. The company has also received positive reviews for having a team of dedicated staff members, prompting one user to write, “SmartSites is a good value, with real people advising me.”
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Pay Per Click, Search Engine Optimization, Advertising
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Headquarter Location
45 Eisenhower Dr
Paramus, NJ 07652
United States
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- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Poker Stars, Rockville Interiors, and Harvard University
- Industry focuses: health care, business services, and automotive
Social Media 55
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Shopify, Your Maui Escape, and Two Bears Coffee
- Industry focuses: business services, automotive, and health care
Social Media 55 offers a suite of services that help businesses improve customer engagement and make more sales. Most services are offered under one of three service lines: digital services, optimization, and social media services. The firm’s digital services include branding, email marketing, website design, and content marketing to drive traffic to the client’s website. Social Media 55 helps clients generate leads with its optimization services, which include local and national SEO, conversion rate optimization, and pay-per-click (PPC) marketing.
Firms without a strong social media presence rely on Social Media 55 to choose appropriate channels, develop content that resonates with the target audience, and review engagement data to determine if it’s necessary to adjust the current strategy. In addition to these main service lines, Social Media 55 offers video production, mobile app development, and UX/UI design. Social Media 55 also has services targeted to the needs of plastic surgery practices, dentists, hotels, life coaches, law firms, and real estate agencies.
What Customers Are Saying
Social Media 55 customers love that the firm is less expensive than its competitors without compromising the quality of the branding and marketing services provided to clients. One reviewer says, “Social Media 55 has contributed to a successful engagement with their expertise, high-quality designs and willingness to collaborate.”
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Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click
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Headquarter Location
1200 Ave McGill College #1100
Montreal, QC H3B 4G7
Canada
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Shopify, Your Maui Escape, and Two Bears Coffee
- Industry focuses: business services, automotive, and health care
Tenet Partners
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include IBM, Xerox, and Cisco Systems
- Industry focuses: business services, consumer products/services, and education
Tenet Partners provides a variety of services designed to launch new brands and transform existing ones. During the first step in the process, the Tenet team works with the client to develop a vision and growth strategy for the business. This strategy serves as a road map for developing a new brand or refreshing a mature brand. Staff members use their branding expertise to create compelling stories that are appropriate for each brand’s industry and audience. This includes visual system design, the development of brand promises and values, establishment of an appropriate brand structure, and creative brand positioning.
For companies that sell products directly to consumers, Tenet Partners provides consumer insights, packaging design, touchpoint design, and the development of product identities to drive sales. In addition to branding and design services, Tenet Partners offers UX design services to help clients become more competitive. These services include interaction design, UI design, and journey mapping.
What Customers Are Saying
Tenet Partners is known for giving clients a lot of personal attention and focusing on the smallest details of each project. One user notes that this attention to detail “set them apart” from other branding agencies. Customers are also impressed by the diligence and professionalism of the staff members at Tenet Partners.
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Branding, Digital Strategy
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Headquarter Location
122 W 27th St, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10001
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include IBM, Xerox, and Cisco Systems
- Industry focuses: business services, consumer products/services, and education
Traina Design
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Microsoft, Facebook, and Brooklyn Brewery
- Industry focuses: manufacturing, biotechnology, food/beverage, and legal cannabis
Traina Design is a full-service branding agency that focuses on creating authentic brand experiences that resonate with key stakeholders. Before developing a brand strategy, team members conduct extensive research, which may include competitive analysis, stakeholder interviews, industry research, and questionnaires. This helps them create compelling stories that appeal to potential customers. The firm also provides logo design, naming services, brand style guides, and messaging for clients in a variety of industries.
Traina Design also provides graphic design, website development, and marketing services. The firm’s designers work on a wide range of projects, including brochures, trade show materials, product packaging, and business publications. Because a website is often the first impression a potential customer has of a business, Traina’s designers focus on creating positive user experiences. Once a website is complete, Traina Design can also help with marketing campaigns, merchandising, and digital marketing.
What Customers Are Saying
Clients love that the Traina Design team keeps them in the loop at every step of the process. One satisfied client writes, “Their ability to effectively communicate where they were and what was happening impressed us.” Traina Design also has an excellent reputation for meeting deadlines and providing accurate cost estimates.
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Branding, Advertising, Web Design
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Headquarter Location
10680 Treena St, Suite 520
San Diego, CA 92131
United States
Features
- 10-49 employees
- Clients include Microsoft, Facebook, and Brooklyn Brewery
- Industry focuses: manufacturing, biotechnology, food/beverage, and legal cannabis
WANT Branding
- 2-9 employees
- Clients include Call of Duty, Hewlett Packard, and MGM Resorts International
- Industry focuses: information technology, hospitality, consumer electronics, and gaming/entertainment
WANT Branding offers four service lines designed to help companies build strong brands: brand strategy, brand naming, brand identity, and brand research. During strategy sessions, the experts at WANT Branding review brand assets and conduct research to determine how a brand is perceived. They use this information to develop an appropriate brand strategy that helps clients do a better job serving their customers. With its naming services, WANT Branding creates names for businesses, divisions, products, and services. The naming process includes preliminary trademark research, consumer research, and linguistic analysis to ensure that a proposed name is unique and can be used globally.
The firm’s identity services help brands create positive customer experiences. WANT Branding designs logos, creates logo style guides, and develops labels and other packaging elements. For companies that need more information about how customers perceive their brands, WANT Branding uses its BrandIQ tool to understand what consumers need and what they expect.
What Customers Are Saying
Clients love that WANT branding has extensive experience coming up with memorable brand names. One client writes that WANT team members “understand the science and art behind naming conventions because they’ve done it for so many years.” WANT Branding customers also appreciate that the team takes time to understand each client’s vision before starting a new project.
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- 2-9 employees
- Clients include Call of Duty, Hewlett Packard, and MGM Resorts International
- Industry focuses: information technology, hospitality, consumer electronics, and gaming/entertainment