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Course 3 · Prove & Show · Module 07

Brand, Identity & Image

Translate your mission, values and positioning into an identity people recognise and trust. Brand is what people expect from you and how you are recognised; it is the foundation that Module 8 uses to communicate and reach audiences.

Part of Course 3 · Prove & Show · US$29, or all five courses for US$109.

You create: Brand Platform + Guidelines

9 lessons and reviews · about 2.8 hours including exercises.

Every lesson has a short video, the written explanation with examples, a guided exercise that saves into your organisation pack, and a sheet in the Brand, Identity & Image workbook.

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Module introduction

Your lesson sequence

  1. 7.1Brand, marketing and communicationsUnderstand · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Brand definitions
  2. 7.2Brand strategy and promiseDesign · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Brand platform
  3. 7.3Brand personality, voice and toneDesign · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Voice and tone
  4. 7.4Naming and brand architectureDesign · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Brand architecture
  5. 7.5Visual identityImplement · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Visual identity
  6. 7.6Brand guidelinesImplement · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Brand guidelines
  7. 7.7Credibility and trust signalsManage · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Trust signals
  8. 7.8Brand consistency and governanceManage · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Brand governance
  9. 7.9Your Brand Platform and GuidelinesModule review and output
Excel

Brand, Identity & Image workbook

Module-07-Brand-Identity-Image.xlsx · included with the course. Sheets: Brand definitions, Brand platform, Voice and tone, Brand architecture, Visual identity, Brand guidelines, Trust signals, Brand governance.

Sheets named after a tool use that tool’s columns, so the workbook can be imported into the Impact Tools without retyping. The file is being prepared and will be available to course purchasers.

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Tools for this module

Each tool is the live version of work you draft in this module. They are optional; the course and its Excel workbook are complete on their own.

  • Marketing & Social Planner — Group posts into campaigns on one calendar, tag each to the objective it advances and the persona it targets, and record results.
  • Customer Persona Builder — Build an evidence-informed customer persona, choose useful channels and create a portrait prompt from the completed profile.