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The Gap Between the Audience You Want and the One You Actually Have
A Reality Check on Audience Segmentation
 • Gia Bettio
Business Good for the Soul #2. Fioreria Dario: How a Small Italian Flower Shop Redefined Connection
What can a flower shop in Northern Italy teach us about branding and customer loyalty? Fioreria Dario shows that the best marketing isn’t strategy; it’s…
 • Gia Bettio
Love it or hate it, Dubai is giving us a masterclass in branding...so what can you learn?
In Dubai, they don’t build living units, they build branded neighbourhoods.
 • Gia Bettio
The Most Unreal Strategy in Tech: Why Epic Games Built a Community Before It Built an Empire
If some months ago you had asked me if I knew Epic, I would have confidently replied: “Of course!
 • Gia Bettio
Rifò: The Brand That Changed How I See Recycled Fashion
Since I discovered Rifò something shifted: I found myself paying attention and reading more and more about recycled and regenerated fashion.
 • Gia Bettio
The "No-Marketing" Marketing Strategy of Alpinestars
One of the first things I learned when I first joined Alpinestars, was that they didn’t use the word “marketing”.
 • Gia Bettio
The best marketing advice you can get? “It depends.”
It might sound vague, even a little frustrating, but that’s usually a sign you’re talking to someone who’s actually thinking about your situation, not…
 • Gia Bettio
How much should a logo say?
Over the years, I’ve had more than one client ask for a logo that communicates everything, sometimes even five or six different concepts at once.
 • Gia Bettio
5 Branding Mistakes I Keep Seeing, Even in Smart Companies
After 10+ years working with clients on branding, I keep seeing the same mistakes no matter the company size or stage.
 • Gia Bettio
Lead with the one thing that matters most
If your resources are limited (time, budget, team) here’s one decision that can make your outreach much more effective: lead with the product, not the…
 • Gia Bettio
People don’t have time for lists.
If your brand has multiple differentiators, you might not actually have one.
 • Gia Bettio
Branding doesn’t slow you down.
I keep seeing this assumption that positioning sits somewhere between sales and marketing, like both teams should shape it together.
 • Gia Bettio
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