Loveable brands are built on powerful insights and stories, one

human connection at a time. That’s where MDEPL Brand Lab excels.

A brand your customers can love and engage with – not just tolerate or transact with – is one of the most powerful advantages any business can have. And it matters now more than ever.

We live in an audience-centric era. If your audience thinks you don’t “get them,” they’ll find somebody who does. Earning attention, let alone affection, in a noisy world starts with a strong, recognizable, authentic brand.

Building a brand identity has always required strategic clarity. But today, great branding requires an unwavering focus on fostering authentic connections – making humans your north star as you navigate changing touchpoints, platforms, and trends.

MDEPL Brand Lab is built to deliver. Our branding practice brings together a cross-disciplinary team of experts in strategy, design, and copywriting, with the agility, acuity, and human focus to give you a strong start to building a great brand.

 

Connection Is Critical

 

Whoever your audience is, countless brands are vying for their attention. If that audience doesn’t want to hear from you, they have an unprecedented ability to tune you out.

 

That’s why the brands that succeed in digital are the ones that attract customers. They don’t just offer products or services – they offer emotional engagement and meaningful experiences. These brands know they can’t be everything to everyone. They seek to find and reach a unique tribe and build a relationship. They share the values of their tribe and they’re unafraid to show it. 

 

For brands that take on the hard task of really getting to know and delight their audience, the rewards can be immense. They take transactions and grow them into relationships, building lasting connections as they do.

 

Our Brand Strategy Framework

 

The basics of effective brand development are timeless, but we believe the digital age demands we do a few things differently.

 

Today, an unwavering focus on your audience is more important than it’s ever been – as is agility and speed to market (your customers want to connect now, not two years from now). We approach branding in the digital age with four core principles, which we call the four Cs:

 

Be true to your Core. It doesn’t matter how clever or slick the packaging is – if a brand is not true to your business, customers will see right through it.

Connect with your Customers. When your customers are empowered, you need a brand they actively want to interact with.

Distinguish yourself from your Competition. It’s critical to identify competitive, visual, and emotional whitespace where your brand can win.

Relate to the wider social Context. Brands that truly understand social trends don’t just avoid #fails – they’re bold and engaging and stand for something.