Got a rebrand on the brain? Perhaps you think it’s time for a brand refresh or a full rebrand. How can you really know if it’s a good time to invest in a rebrand? Well, you are reading a blog written by a branding agency, I bet you are thinking that we’d tell you, “Now’s the time to rebrand!” but of course it’s a bit more nuanced than that.

So how did a city, known for tobacco production just 60-70 years ago, become known as the City of Medicine? Also, what’s this got to do with rebranding? Well, it wasn’t very long ago that Durham was a “thriving site of tobacco manufacturing facilities…for nearly a century…until medical findings about the health hazards connected to smoking played a part in the weakening of Durham's tobacco industry”. Now, Durham is often referred to as the City of Medicine and is known for the medical research that is done there and in the rest of the research triangle. Even buildings that were once factories for producing tobacco products are now being used as medical research facilities.

The connectivity that a brand or person can now have due to social platforms is unprecedented. The fact that a person can keep up with a friend who lives in a different state or that one of our green coffee clients can reach out directly to the folks cultivating and processing coffee - instantaneously, for free, internationally at any time through any of the apps that went down is wildly unprecedented. Just a few decades ago, the best mankind had was a car phone and now we carry around little computers that can get directions to dinner, find a life partner, or order pizza without leaving the chair you are sitting in is pretty amazing.

No one sets out to build a brand that just adds to the noise. In our experience, folks are excited about releasing their passion into their brand in an intentional way. You know, that thing inside of them that they’ve been wanting for so long. Perhaps they can't quite put their finger on what it looks or feels like but it's in their heart and they will know it when they see it.