GUDOO
Kids’ parties can fill your cupboards with plastic presents and empty your bank account. New brand, Gudoo, is changing all that. It collects a gift fund online: half of which goes to the birthday boy or girl; half to charity. With copywriter Andy Rigden, we brought Gudoo to life, through naming, brand design development, brand language, video production, tone of voice, keyword research, persona development, web copy, scriptwriting, content planning and social media writing.
Research and persona development
We began with qualitative research: interviews with our potential audience and Gudoo’s founder. These findings became a series of brand values and four key personas: user profiles for all our marketing comms, particularly the site itself.
Naming
Evocative or descriptive? Abstract or Concrete? Finding the right name for a new brand involves strategic, linguistic and visual decisions. Gudoo was born out of the colloquial term a ‘good do’. It became a name with exceptional recall that commands its own url, gudoo.co.uk.
Visual brand
Turning the name into a successful marque is just the start. We developed a full set of secondary system graphics including the illustration style, a party-influenced colour palette and typefaces. These became the building blocks for the website design, stationery and promotional materials.
Verbal brand
Together with our writer, we defined the brand essence and attributes from our audience research, then translated these into the core copy platform. This included a strapline, elevator pitch and short and long-form boilerplates.
Tone of voice
More than a dry set of guidelines, a clear point of view and the confidence to express it defines a brand’s tone of voice. Gudoo has already shared its take on the world in social and other media.
Website design
With the branding elements in place, Brother designed and developed the Gudoo website and app. This site had all the tools required to manage a child’s birthday party including: design a bespoke e-invitation; invite guests and manage RSVPs; crowdfund a special chosen gift and donate 50% of funds to the party girl or boy’s favourite charity. See gudoo.co.uk.
SEO keyword research
One of Gudoo’s great strengths is its ability to cut plastic out of parties. We used SEO to tap into changing sentiment around single-use plastic and introduce the new service’s eco-friendly credentials.
Explainer/brand video
With Andy on scriptwriting duties we storyboarded and art directed the explainer video on the site’s landing page as well as supplying the visual assets to the production company.
