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A Birthday Gift: Milkshake’s Ultimate Guide to Brand Psychology
We're celebrating our first amazing year of creativity and success.
But since we can’t stuff cake in the mail, we're serving you something way sweeter: our Ultimate Guide to Brand Psychology.
Legal “Tax Fraud” 101
Get your pans ready, it’s time to lightly fry the books*. Investing in your business before EOFY is like pulling off a heist, except everything's legal and the only thing you're stealing is your accountant's heart. Plus, you get a shiny new brand or killer copy out of it. Win-win!
The Uncomfortable Truth About AI-Generated Copy (& Why It's Killing Your Brand)
You heard me. AI copywriting is killing your brand.
We’re investigating its murder.
The Milkshake Holiday Gift Guide
A holiday gift guide of our client creations and few other approved pieces!
Brain Basics for Effective Marketing
Our brains process and store information in predictable ways. Four to be exact…
By leveraging how our brains naturally work, you can create more impactful, memorable campaigns that truly stick with your audience.
Can’t Afford a Brand Identity? Read This…
This blog post will save you from the trap of the cringey Canva template logo that screams ‘unprofessional’.
Why Milkshake?
A brief summary of how we got our name, the meaning behind it and the case for contextual based segmentation and purpose branding.
Lessons From Red Velvet Cake
In this edition of the Milkshake blog, I encourage my readers to eat cake for educational purposes.
Brief to Brand | Chef’s Table’s New Brand Identity
Chef’s Table approached Milkshake looking for a new brand identity that better communicated their ethos and offering. Here’s what we cooked up.
Zigging When Others Are Zagging: The Von Restorff Effect
The Von Restorff Effect is a seemingly simple concept that is wildly under-utilised. Learn the psychological reason why going against the grain with your branding or product can embed your brand in your audience’s mind.
Have You Heard of The Hermès Game?
Good ol’ lesson in supply and demand or masters of exclusivity strategy? Whatever your take, here’s how Hermès became French for ‘luxury’.
The Dichotomy of Being a Marketer with Minimalist Values
Musings about a decor crab and reconciling being a marketer in a consumerist world.
Captain to First Mate- The Awful Rebrand We Need To Talk About
A new rebrand has killed the iconic Captain, so I performed a post-mortem.
The Branding Genius of ALDI’s Streetwear Collection
Supermarket chain ALDI is currently giving a masterclass in how to leverage distinctive brand assets beyond your category to create a high impact campaign. How? The answer is pretty simple, but they’re calling it ALDImania…
Introducing Milkshake
Oh hey, nice to meet you! We’re Milkshake. A creative agency with a bit more flavour and a lot less ego than others on the block.