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Explore our latest thinking on brand, business and creativity, from deeper Studio Papers and original perspectives to observations, stories and ideas from inside the studio.
Pinterest is a wonderful platform that welcomes creativity, originality, and positivity. Many perceive Pinterest as a calm, safe space to learn and be inspired, which couldn’t be more correct. However, what’s commonly underestimated is the fantastic business opportunities that can
User generated content can be a social media goldmine for businesses of any size if used correctly. Reliable and authentic, user generated content can be used to engage an audience for a fraction of the price of paid media. However,
Social media is constantly growing and evolving, especially with new business-focused updates coming more regularly. Each social media platform is different, with unique posting abilities and audiences. Today, we will jump into how each platform can benefit your business growth.
From a global pandemic to unpredictable weather, the world has had its fair share of tragedies over the past few years. However, bad things tend to come in threes. Almost two weeks ago now, devastation hit Ukraine when Vladimir Putin
Another episode of our IGTV series, Sailing Through Socials is here again to take you through all the new social media features you may have missed. These features are some you may not have heard of but have the power
As we all know, the world of social media grows, expands and evolves at a rapid rate, making it easy to fall behind. As the year flies by, trends and updates come and go. Therefore, keeping a lookout and staying
The past 2 years have been turbulent, to say the least, and it’s normal that during periods of stress or reconfiguration, plans and goals can change or be lost in the movement. Did you lose track of your social media
Social media community management is the process of building an authentic community by establishing a space for customers, employees, and partners to interact. Giving brands the opportunity to have meaningful interactions with their audience and create a network in which
Before you check out of 2021 and tuck into your Christmas feast, it’s time to check in on our monthly social media update – that’s right, it’s Sailing Through Socials time! Every month, the Oraco team creates a list of
We’ve seen some interesting conversations lately about where brand strategy ends and brand identity begins, particularly around whether things like logos, colour and typography are really that important.
Our perspective? They shouldn’t be separated in the first place.
Colour, typography, symbolism, imagery, language and tone aren’t simply aesthetic choices made once the “important” strategic work is finished.
When they’re done well, they’re strategic decisions.
They’re informed by what the brand believes, where it’s going, who it needs to connect with, what makes it distinctive and what we want people to recognise and associate with it over time.
We don’t finish the strategy and then ask, ‘Okay, what should this look like?’
The identity is already taking shape through the strategic process.
Because good brand identity is strategic thinking made visible. Not just decoration!
Posting isn’t dead. Boring content is. 👀
You can still promote your business, your services and what you do, but the way you package it matters.
Create content people actually want to stop, watch and engage with first. Sell second.
Because good marketing shouldn’t always feel like marketing.
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#SocialMediaMarketing #ContentMarketing #OracoAgency
Meet Leanne, Co-founder, Creative Director and the curious mind behind a lot of the brands that come through our studio.
She`s usually the one asking why? (and then asking it another five times), digging into the stories, people and ideas behind a business before working out how they can take shape visually.
Outside the studio, you’ll probably find Leanne painting with symphonic metal playing in the background, halfway through a fantasy novel, out exploring with Toby and Simon, or at a gig.
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Rebranding doesn’t mean erasing everything that came before.
If you’ve been in business for five, ten or twenty years, you’ve already built recognition, reputation, relationships and stories that have value.
The interesting part is working out what still belongs.
What should stay? What has the business outgrown? What needs to evolve? And what would you be crazy to leave behind?
A rebrand should make room for where you’re going, while still feeling unmistakably yours.
Think you might have outgrown your brand? Take another look.
Brand + rebrand projects now booking. Visit our link in bio to book a chat.
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Happy Father’s Day to the dads behind the Oraco team 💛
To our dads, stepdads, partners who are dads, and all the father figures who have supported us, shaped us and made us laugh along the way, today is for you.
And a very happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures in our wider Oraco community. We hope you’re feeling very loved and appreciated today x
I’ve always been fascinated by symbolism 🌀
By how a single mark, image, word or gesture can represent something far bigger than itself. Across cultures and civilisations, we’ve used symbols to communicate identity, beliefs, stories, belonging and ideas that sometimes go far beyond what words can explain.
And somewhere along the way, I realised that’s also how I’d started to see brands.
A logo can become a symbol of what a business stands for. A colour can carry years of recognition. A phrase can represent an entire belief. A story can become shorthand for where a business came from and why it exists. Iconography can represent services, philosophies, products or ideas.
What we see on the surface carries meaning because of everything sitting behind it.
Over nearly two decades of working in branding, I also began noticing the same themes appearing again and again in the businesses people really remembered.
Their past, beliefs, future, people, identity, expression, impact and longevity.
Eventually, I gave each of those ideas a symbolic form.
They became Oraco’s Eight Brand Marks, and today they give us a way to look at a business from eight different perspectives and uncover the stories, ideas and meaning that make it distinctly its own.
The strongest brands aren’t built by adding meaning that was never there. More often, the clues already exist.
You just need to know where to look.
Explore the Eight Brand Marks via the link in bio.
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