Hendon Estates Rebranding

๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’”ย ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†.
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’”.

Something feels off, sales dip and engagement drops.

So someone says,ย โ€œ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐.โ€

And suddenly everyoneโ€™s talking colours, logos, fonts, website, socials….

When the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บย is that theย business ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

A rebrand without realignment is like repainting a house with cracks in the walls.
It might look fresh for the party you’re about to throw, but the structure is still shifting underneath.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ.
But when you treat it as cosmetic, you’re throwing money away.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜:
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ are we now?
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ is our offering today?
๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† are customers choosing us?
๐€๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐Ž๐–??

“Rebranding” lasts for a campaign (or two if you’re lucky!).
Realigning lasts for a decade (at least!)

๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† >> ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ >> ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต.

If growth is the goal, alignment is the first step.

And hereโ€™s proof. ๐Ÿ‘‡
Hendon Estates had outgrown the way they were presenting themselves.
Once we uncovered who theyโ€™d really become, we shifted their tone of voice, visuals, and messaging to match their new level of confidence and credibility.
Identity crisis averted.

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About Abby Kleerekoper

Abby is the founder of The Design Drive, using her decade of design experience to help businesses and charities grow.ย 

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