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Traveling Brand PREVENT INTERNATIONAL NAMING DISASTERS SAFEGUARD YOUR PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION YOU CANT AFFORD TO IGNORE NAMING DISASTERS CAUSE INVOICE + + = MILLION $ WASTED LOST REBRANDING TIME/LABOR REVENUE EXPENSES + =


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TravelingBrand PREVENT INTERNATIONAL NAMING DISASTERS

SAFEGUARD YOUR PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION

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=MILLION$

WASTED TIME/LABOR REBRANDING EXPENSES LOST REVENUE

INVOICE

+ +

=INCALCULABL€

LOST CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE

+

BRAND

BRAND DEVALUATION

YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO IGNORE NAMING DISASTERS CAUSE

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DON’T LET THIS BE YOU!

$1.5 MILLION

A preventable branding blunder delayed a global product launch and cost a pharma company $1.5 million in lost revenue and rebranding expenses.

$10 MILLION

In 2009, HSBC Bank was forced to rebrand its entire global private banking operations after bringing a U.S. campaign

  • verseas. The worldwide bank spent millions of dollars to scrap

its five-year-old "Assume Nothing" campaign, which was translated in many countries as "Do Nothing." In the end, the bank spent $10 million to change its tagline.

Source: Business News Daily

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SECURITY SCREENING: WILL YOU BE NEXT?

  • 1. Do they live in the country where

the brand will be introduced?

  • 2. Do they understand local dialects,

slang, events, culture, politics and market realities?

  • 3. Are they full-time linguistic specialists?
  • 4. Do they have at least 10 years of

linguistics experience?

  • 5. Do they have time to thoroughly

perform the task?

  • 6. Can they give you guidance based
  • n past experiences?
  • 7. Are they accessible so that you may return

to them with clarification questions?

  • 8. Are they university-educated?
  • 9. Do they have a marketing background?
  • 10. Are they free of name bias and/
  • r could their jobs be impacted by the

success or failure of a specific name?

  • 11. Do they provide quick, actionable

feedback?

  • 12. Will they follow the same comprehensive

validation process for each name, and each country? ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS YOU CURRENTLY ENLIST TO CHECK YOUR BRAND NAMES.

POP QUIZ

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FAILURE – NOT AN OPTION

We provide actionable linguistic and cultural insights on name candidates that help prevent international branding disasters as your clients introduce new brands around the world.

*In a four-month period, more than one-third of name candidates failed. **TravelingBrand has tested 55,000+ names over 15 years; none of names tested failed.

WITHOUT TRAVELING BRAND:

FAIL

**

ZERO

WITH TRAVELING BRAND:

1 OUT OF 3

FAILS

*

WHICH OPTION WILL SAFEGUARD YOUR REPUTATION???

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SEASONED NAVIGATORS - MORE ABOUT US

18+ years in operation Team spans 80 countries & 200 languages Typical clients: Leading branding, advertising and naming firms Typical industries: B2B and B2C; from pharmaceutical to consumer goods and services

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ACTION

TRAVELING BRAND REPORT

OUR PROVEN FORMULA = ZERO BRAND DISASTERS

KNOWLEDGE

TRAVELING BRAND LINGUISTIC SPECIALISTS

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DIRECT (CONTAINS PASS/FAIL RATINGS) CONCISE VERIFIED ORGANIZED CLIENT-READY FULL-TIME LOCAL (IN-COUNTRY) 10 YEARS MINIMUM LINGUISTICS EXPERIENCE TRANSLATION CERTIFICATIONS UNIVERSITY DEGREE MARKETING SPECIALTY 10

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THERE ARE 193 UNITED NATIONS-MEMBER COUNTRIES AND 6,700 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE WORLD.

D I D Y O U K N O W ?

YOUR GUIDES IN THE PROCESS

We know these countries and languages backwards and forwards so that you don’t have to. We lead you through a process to identify which countries could be potential target markets. We guide you on which languages should be surveyed.

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WE NAVIGATE THROUGH OBSTACLES

Tight deadlines Dozens of names and target markets Limited linguistic and cultural expertise Lack of knowledge about target markets Employees with full plates and lots of balls in the air Do these obstacles keep you up at night? Our philosophy is – “Don’t worry. We’ll take care of It.” – so no challenge is too big or small for us to navigate.

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IS YOUR BRAND TRAVELING?

Identity Filter™

Quick “go/no-go” gauge that flags name

  • r logo candidates with

blatant problems in early stage creative work

Global Brand Evaluation™

In-depth assessment of semi-final creative work that identifies viable name and logo candidates for global markets (typically 10-20 candidates)

Say it Write™

A verbal assessment to understand how a name would be pronounced to uncover unintended or negative connotations and also to avoid regulatory and trademarking obstacles

NAME VALIDATION

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IS YOUR BRAND TRAVELING?

CHINESE NAME TRANSCREATION

With this service, we adapt a message from one language to any number of Chinese dialects in order to preserve the

  • riginal content’s intent, style, tone and context.

TRANSLATION

If you need standard translation of market research surveys, microsites or taglines, we are well positioned to give you top-notch results, as well as transcreation if needed.

军队

P H O N E T I C S M E A N I N G

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INVITE US ON THE TRIP!

Let us show you how we can protect your reputation and help your clients succeed internationally. For pricing or more information, call 704-899-5242

  • r email us at info@travelingbrand.com.

www.travelingbrand.com

TravelingBrand

YOU CREATE. WE VALIDATE.