Link Soluzioni SpA, founded in September 2003, is a company that distributes/coordinates mortgages for home purchase, loans for debt consolidation and for purchase of durable goods.
These funds have a single interlocutor who is the individual customer (not a corporation) and his family.
Link operates through a network of brokers (salespeople) located throughout the country.
Link works with leading banking partners to offer its customers the best opportunities available on the market.
Link proposes itself as a partner to the bank, as a highly skilled group in managing such activities.
One of Link's strengths is having a highly specialized internal back-office, able to assist its sales network as well as the customer in the financial application process, acting as the sole mediator between the customer and the Bank.
These seven years of activity have been devoted to the construction of the organizational machine, the perfection of the business model and implementation of training programs for the sales network with the objective of creating sales agreements with banks and insurance companies.
Up until the end of 2009, Link worked mainly in Triveneto and only in 2010 decided to further develop throughout the entire country.
For a description of our corporate vision, we refer to the following link: http://www.linkmutui.it/partne rfin/104_vision_e_valori.asp-m enu=105.htm
Market positioning:
- Dynamism, innovation, use of new media and the web (in the long term the brand will be the reference point for a community in its market)
- Strong customer orientation, service, ability to listen to their needs
- High profile, distinguished compared to the competition
- Elegant, with a touch of fashion.
Our change of position can be summarized as follows: from our vendors to the end consumers.
这是什么？
在这一步中，您将看到要求您提供解决方案的品牌 Builder 相关信息。他会自我介绍 (当然是作为品牌 :) 您对品牌的了解越深入，您的作品被接受的可能性越大。
重要事项：可能出于保密原因，品牌 Builder 不愿透露自己的身份。此类 Brief 将以匿名方式发布。这种情况下，品牌 Builder 想介绍多少，就介绍多少。
这里有两个例子
如果愿意透露其身份（可见）：
“NMN -No More Nicotine- 是一个承诺能抵消吸烟对皮肤造成的损害的品牌。NMN 通过药房销售，价格定位处于中高档；该品牌主要通过专业人士推荐，没有大量的广告宣传。”
如果品牌不希望透露其身份（匿名）：
“能抵消吸烟对皮肤造成的损害的品牌。其产品通过药房销售，价格定位处于中高档；他们主要通过专业人士推荐，没有大量的广告宣传。”
简而言之：谁是您的客户 (无论是可见还是“匿名” :)
In anticipation of this development, we are looking for a name, logo and corporate image to be applied to all our communication media, including those present at sales locations.
A) Name: constraints and suggestions
Binding legislation for the sector
The advertising on behalf of credit agents is governed by the law as follows:
Words or phrases such as "bank""banker", "credit", "savings", "finance" etc. (..), even in a foreign language, may not be used in the name or in any distinctive markings or communications intended for the public, as they could misleadingly represent the business as a banking institution.
In essence, the terms listed above cannot be used in the naming nor in the slogan.
Features of the new name:
Brevity
- Easy to decode and comprehend, also by foreigners (i.e. preferential use of English or Italian phonemes that are universally recognized)
- Recognition and identification
- Reassurance (particularly important given the industry)
- Convey the values of the company mission
- Strong impact in the communication at sales location
- Considering the names of our vendors, it should pair easily with musicality.
- Easy to understand, even in poor reproduction (i.e., radio commercial, store speakers, telephone conversation, etc.).
Avoid:
- Using suffixes or prefixes referring to the sector, such as "Fin", "Bank", etc..
- Use of geographical locations (i.e. "Italy", "Euro", etc.).
- Use of acronyms
Additional specifications:
- Availability of web domains .com and .it
B) Logo: suggestions
For the visual appearance, the company has established a set of parameters of particular importance:
- Easy web applicability and integration.
The application process of the new project will be almost entirely web-based, and therefore, the logo must be readable.
- Flexibility of logo
Merchandising, forms and customizable products carrying the brand/logo will be used, including reduced sizes or difficult materials. The company also intends to furnish the sales locations that do not currently have Link brand styling, which implies the logo may be used in architectural and layout features. Readability and flexibility are therefore once again a must.
- Distinction
The sector and segment are already very crowded, so a particularly powerful graphic layout is a necessity.
- Refined tone
The strategic marketing placement will be at an exclusive level, therefore requiring a high profile visual impact.
- Innovative treatment
The company's innovative business processes must be immediately perceived, while maintaining the basic criteria of readability and applicability expressed above.
- Reassurance:
The name must also be visually reassuring, conveying a positive and solid feeling about the company.
For the proposed new name and logo, we ask some prototypes be provided upon:
- letterhead
- business cards
- notepads
- presentation folder
这是什么？
这是品牌 Builder 要求您完成的任务。如果您不了解，那您就彻底没戏了。
例子
“我们想让 Creator 设计一个印刷品广告宣传来增加品牌知名度。将在今春投放到全国媒体杂志上。”
简而言之，这是客户的目标，因此也是您的目标！
There are two target customers we would like to reach:
- End customer in need of financing.
In 80% of cases, this customer turns to his/her own bank or to the Internet, where he tries to find the best deals and purchases based solely upon the interest rates (lowest rate offered).
Our client ranges in age from 25 to 60.
Usually we finance the entire family.
Employed worker and/or self-employed
Mostly Italian (80% of clients)
Lower-middle social class (we hope to raise it)
Not particularly educated and with very little financial literacy
Today, he comes to us only for financial necessity and thanks to the work of our sales team, so he does not know our brand, nor could he find our website (to be changed).
- Vendors in the industry (brokers) who, beginning next year, will be obligated to work for organized companies such as ours, as a result of Law 141 of 13/08/2010.
这是什么？
品牌 Builder 希望您让他们高兴，并说服他们想到、感觉到或使用您的创作做某些事的人。通常您会读到他们的年龄、性别、社会阶层和行为。您在创作过程始终应把这些信息牢记在心，因为目标受众才是最终接受您作品的人。
例子
“想要戒烟但无法做到的女子。通常是关注自己外表、注意健康的成年人。他们对于自己吸烟感到愧疚，因为他们知道吸烟有害。他们阅读相关书籍。这对他们来说是一个真正的问题，就像：“我的脑袋要某样东西，但我的身体却不听使唤”。他们和我的品牌无关，他们只是在等待值得信赖的“援助之手。”
简而言之：把握他们的想法！
The new law will impose a major revision in the brokerage business: our target must abandon the disreputable image acquired by the sector in recent years and understand that our company is distinguished by its professionalism.
这是什么？
品牌 Builder 想要目标受众从您的创作中，思考 / 感觉 / 有所行动的东西。
以下是一些具体示例：
∞ 人们会想到 / 感觉到的一些事：
- 出现了一个新的品牌（或产品或创意或...）
- 这个品牌比其它的或以前的更好
- 这个品牌值得多花点钱
∞ 人们会做的一些事：
- 开始购买该品牌的产品
- 更经常购买该品牌的产品
- 在零售店里库存更多该品牌的产品
上面这些例子非常具体，而通常 Brief 提案是感性的。那样更好，因为可以带来灵感！
例子
“我们想要鼓励吸烟者使用 NMN，将对他们健康的影响降至最低，让他们继续尝试戒烟（尤其如果他们已经尝试过，但是未成功）。”
简而言之：进入他们的脑袋！
Because we have developed a strong customer focus, which we manage in person with fairness, consistency and transparency.
这是什么？
这是实现目标的关键；是支持提案，使其可信的内容。通常是理性的陈述。
例子
“您吸的每一根烟都对您的外表造成损害。最近的一项研究选取了多对一模一样的双胞胎，其中一个吸了一辈子烟，另一个则从未吸过烟。吸烟者的皮肤比不吸烟者的薄四分之一，有些差别甚至多达40%。NMN 含有能阻止皮肤变薄的抗氧化剂，抵消了尼古丁对皮肤的影响。”
简而言之：需要理由吗？就在这里！
- Simple
- Captivating
- Recognizable
- Reliable
这是什么？
这是品牌的个性。对...是个性！
将品牌视为一个人，有自己的个性。了解“客户”的个性对于完成度身定制的工作来说至关重要。所以，请仔细阅读所列的形容词...
例子
“科学、值得信赖、注重结果，实现您目标的‘良师益友’。”
简而言之：将其想象成一个活生生的人物！
On all of our corporate images and in our offices throughout the country.
这是什么？
列出了目标受众将能够看见您创作成果的地方（或媒介或事物）。这一步中，有时品牌还会告知您该制作的预计投资金额。此信息有助于您决定项目的规模大小。 :)
例子
“此广告活动将于 2009 年春季投放于侧重于生活方式和健康的新西兰妇女杂志上。我们计划投资 500000 美元，可以购买大约 100 张单页。”
简而言之：考虑媒介！
We would like – although not an obligatory request to follow – if our new color was green.
It might be useful to take a look at the images of our major competitors:
- Mutui online http://www.mutuionline.it
- Kiron http://www.kiron.it/site/it/kiron.html
- Credit Pass http://www.credipass.it/index.html?r=1
- Capital Money http://www.capitalmoney.it/
- Tree Finance http://www.treegroup.it/tree-finance.aspx
We accept the proposals in .jpeg or .pdf file formats. The winner will be asked to provide professional formats.
如果品牌有任何的偏好选择或解决方案必须达到的技术要求，会在这里提供说明。
这部分可能包括：
∞ 指导方针或必须包含的事项（注意事项）
∞ 商业目标
∞ 市场和竞争者概述
∞ 正面和反面样本
取决于 Brief 的不同，您可能会发现一些随附的文件，比如徽标、产品图片，您提交创意时使用的模板，或任何品牌想要与您分享的其他文件。所以，开始创作前先研究一下随附文件。
简而言之：所有需要您知道的其他事项（之前七步中没写的）！
