Sunday, October 18, 2009

A different way to describe your bank - Part 1 - The Challenge

Inspired by some of Jeffreys great work at The Financial Brand, I thought we could have a little fun. Slogans and taglines are such great ways to try to declare the essence of a company, sometimes they're as hard as the name of a company itself to create and live with. But what if we took the slogans from other companies, and indsutries, and then imagined if they were the slogan our customers and employees read in our advertising and collateral.

Read below, and then imagine each one of these is your banks slogan - think hard, and imagine if thats what your company was famous for. Also, tell if you know all the owners of these slogans ... answers coming soon.
  • Isn't it nice when things just work?
  • Connecting people
  • The Real Thing
  • Where do you want to go today?
  • Just Do It
  • Keep walking
  • Think different
  • Never Follow
  • The power of all of us
  • The relentless pursuit of perfection
  • Lifes good
  • Because you're worth it
  • Live unboring
  • For Life
  • Expect more. Pay less.
  • See what the future has in store
  • Lowest prices are just the beginning
  • We're number two, we try harder
Who's bold enough to apply these to a financial services company? Or who can see the irony if they were your banks slogans?

What other slogans can you think of from other industries that might be added above? Need some inspiration?

5 comments:

Chris said...

Isn't it nice when things just work?
Bear Stearns

Connecting people
Any Italian Bank

The Real Thing
HSBC

Where do you want to go today?
Bernie Madoff

Lifes good
JPMorgan

Because you're worth it
Goldman Sachs

Live unboring
Lehman Brothers

See what the future has in store
Royal Bank of Scotland

Lowest prices are just the beginning
HBOS

We're number two, we try harder
Brown Brothers

museandmaven said...

Loved this idea. Can I swipe it for a client session sometime? would love to see something around simple...

Rob Findlay said...

Chris - thanks for the great matches!

M&M - please do - there must be many more that will supply interesting contrasts to what we have now in the indsutry.

Jeffry Pilcher said...

Great way to attack preconceptions from the other direction. Brilliant.

Stacey Graham said...

Ready When You Are (R)
First Independent Bank

Our target audience: People who are serious about money.