The misunderstood messaging house

“Everything should relate back to the messaging house because it neatly outlines who you are as a business in a way that is tangible. You can maximise your brand strength by making sure that everything marketing produces is based around those interconnected pillars.”

10 September 3 mins

What to do if your brand does not generate cut through

“Inevitably, there is curiosity. People want to understand where a brand comes from. Having roots, being clear on your story, gives people a sense of your logic. Importantly, it should also support your positioning in the market.” 

04 September 4 mins

The ugly truth is that looks matter

If your website doesn’t look attractive, visitors are less likely to stick around long enough to fully digest the content. A bad customer journey is confusing, has mixed signals and offers the user no clear path to get from point A to point B to point C. In this article, we outline some of the key areas companies need to be thinking about when it comes to their websites.

23 July 4 mins

What marketers can learn from industrial design

Things like texture, colour, the shapes used; these, often subtle, elements all become sources of brand strength because, when done well, they are identifiable.

18 July 2 mins

What is good design?

You can tell when something has been shoddily put together or it hasn’t been applied with passion and love. You can see through all of that, and it speaks volumes about the people behind it – both the commissioner and the doer.

10 July 4 mins

When to refresh your brand: a graphic designer’s perspective

Brands are living, breathing things. They grow, evolve – and sometimes need a makeover to stay fresh and relevant. A brand refresh is more than just switching your logo, though. It’s about updating your visuals and messaging to reflect who you are today, not who you were five or 10 years ago.

03 July 2 mins

Client quandaries of 2024

It’s always interesting to look back and see the different types of projects we completed in any given year. Having the opportunity to work on a such an incredible range of strategic, as well as ‘business-as-usual’, projects is one of the things the team cherishes most about working at Alpha Agency.

20 December 3 mins

Introducing Alpha Agency – the new name for White Marble Consulting

We are delighted to announce our new name: Alpha Agency—a fresh identity that sets the stage for an exciting future. In September, we were proud to share the news we had joined the Alpha Group, a leading global provider of specialist consulting services for the financial services industry.

12 December < 1 min

Leveraging automation without sacrificing authenticity

When the market is demanding asset and wealth managers operate with the authenticity of a human and the automation of a robot, investment marketers who strategically combine the best of both these elements – and make them stronger together – will succeed.

17 October 3 mins

5 steps to define and articulate your brand

The greatest ambassadors for your brand are your employees. Therefore, it is vital that they have some emotional connection with its vision and objectives, not just your products and services. They must be able to talk about your distinctive value-add with relative ease and confidence. But that is rarely the case.

09 October 4 mins