Smith & Devil

Brand strategy, positioning and practical lessons from the experience economy.

Concept to Market / Immersive experiences

Who's responsible for selling the immersive experience?

The creative and technical teams know how to build the experience. Someone still needs to establish exactly what audiences will buy.

Concept to Market / Technology

You've invented the technology. Now what are you selling?

When the technology leads the pitch, it can be easy to overlook the customer product.

Concept to Market / Venues

Before your architect designs the venue, define the business

The first expensive design decision is sometimes made before anybody has answered why customers will visit.

Brand strategy for the experience economy

Getting the value proposition right before you go to market

A new venue can get surprisingly far before anyone asks the awkward question: why will people choose it?

Brand positioning

Brand positioning for hospitality and experience businesses

Positioning should explain why customers should choose you over the alternatives.

Customer value

What are people really buying?

People are often buying more than the activity itself.

New concept development

Turning a new hospitality concept into a brand

Early ideas are messy. Brand strategy turns them into choices a business can use.

Competitive socialising

Building a competitive socialising brand

Customers understand the category. Your brand still has to explain why they should choose your venue.

Brand experience

Taking the brand proposition through the whole experience

A proposition only matters if it carries through the website, venue, service and customer journey.

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