When it comes to developing or finding a company name, few people want to sit down and start reading a dictionary. In fact, the beginning of creating a great brand is to start with research and strategy, and to define what really makes you stand out from your competitors. But once that’s done and you know…
Category: Branding
How to Market a Restaurant, Hotel, or Attraction: 10 Helpful Tips
We just became the newest members of Tourism Calgary! This is going to be an excellent way to build on our hospitality marketing base. So, we thought we’d give you some fresh and original marketing tips, designed for attracting visitors to your exciting destination. Do-it-yourself market research. Have you asked anyone you trust to mystery…
12 Tips for Starting a Business in Calgary
So you’re ready to start a business in Calgary? Good for you! It’s a giant leap. Calgary has for years been reputed as Canada’s most entrepreneurial city. As a business owner myself, and having helped hundreds of other entrepreneurs get started, I thought I’d give you a few tips on how business is done in…
Customer Loyalty Programs – Real or Bull?
Ever been in a relationship where you were extremely loyal to your partner, but your partner wasn’t even close to loyal to you? Then perhaps you know where I stand on customer loyalty programs. Businesses all want perfectly loyal customers. And many, many spend a great deal of effort and money on so-called loyalty…
How to Re-brand
Welcome Back! Now that you’ve seen those funny old brands, we hope you’re ready to hear the adventure we had in getting the new brand up and running. Here’s the process we went through: 1. Thinking up a great name. Once we finally faced the music and realized that the previous brand just wasn’t strong…
Why Re-brand?
At our “Team Tenato” meeting last Friday, we were chatting about the amount of labour involved in re-branding our company’s name, and hence the entire corporate image. Have you ever wondered whether you should seriously consider a re-brand? At Tenato, there are a lot of reasons we chose to rebrand, and here are the main…
