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Swan

Sustainability inspires business, brand and employer brand transformation

Our managing director, Rachel Bevans, encourages seeking the goodness in your sustainability plan to inspire business, brand and employer brand transformation, whilst avoiding greenwashing. Written for First 5000. Stakeholder demand for organisations to be responsible is increasing We’re now living in the decade towards 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals, and with COP26 literally around the […]

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customer acquisition

The cost of focussing on customer acquisition

Our Managing Director, Rachel Bevans, analyses a recent experience to consider the cost of focusing on customer acquisition without a balanced approach to retention. The scenario You’re a loyal customer of 10 years with a monthly subscription service, costing $102 a month. You go to login to your account and see exactly the same package

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Alignment

Mind the gap: when people, brand and business are disconnected

Our Managing Director, Rachel Bevans, gathers insights from latest research to understand the relationship between trust and alignment. Trust in brands is low A recent study by Havas found that only 39% of brands are seen as trustworthy, with 71% of consumers having little faith that brands will deliver on their promises. These findings highlight

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CareFlight: Building brand reputation and trust

The Healthy Brand Company worked with CareFlight delivering research and strategy to align employees, community donors, business and government customers, building brand reputation and trust. This case study was written for First5000 in conjunction with Fiona Jackson, Head of Media, Communications and Marketing for CareFlight. Background Like most not-for-profits and many medium sized organisations, CareFlight

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IQumulate: Building a sustainable business and brand

Rachel Bevans from The Healthy Brand Company interviewed Sophie Arkelidis, Head of Brand and Marketing at IQumulate Premium Funding, to understand how they’re building a sustainable business and brand. This case study was written for First5000, Australia’s professional network for mid-sized business About IQumulate IQumulate Premium Funding provides short term loans to business customers that

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Les Mills: Uncertainty provides opportunity

Rachel Bevans from The Healthy Brand Company interviewed Ryan Hogan, CEO of Les Mills Asia Pacific to understand what they’re doing differently in response to Covid-19. This case study was written for First500, Australia’s professional network for mid-sized business Setting the context The core business of Les Mills Asia Pacific (LMAP) lies in licensing exercise

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integrated wellbeing framework

Time to Thrive: Creating the Future through an Integrated Wellbeing Framework

An integrated wellbeing framework, whether Wellbeing Budget, Doughnut Economics or a version thereof, that integrates physical, mental and emotional, social, financial and environmental wellbeing, provides a better balanced scorecard and platform for positive action by governments, businesses, brands and individuals alike. Is this the platform that will shift us from survive to thrive and set

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brand alignment equity reputation trust

Building trust in uncertainty calls for alignment

Purpose-led leadership aligns people, planet and profit Purpose-led leaders agree that the role of a business is to create long-term value for all stakeholders, achieving the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit. This is alignment in its purest form – aligning customers, employees and key stakeholders around a common purpose, values and identity

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remote work, ways to do research, workshops, strategy

Find another way: remote work, workshops and research

Your brand can’t afford to avoid strategic and long-term brand-building for cost issues or whilst waiting it out for challenges to rectify. Within the parameters of remote work, there are ways to manage research, workshops and strategy, as long as you take the challenges into account throughout the process. As published in First 5000, Australia’s

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The Future is Bright for Business and Brands: Optimism makes life better

Part 4 of 4 on the importance of optimism in building brands and business, written for and appearing first in First 5000, the professional network for Australian mid-sized businesses.  When times are tough, businesses and brands can drive optimism by: helping people feel better about themselves and their lives; and helping people feel better about

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