thought leadership
Welcome to our blog …a space designed for Fifteen4 news, advice, commentary, storytelling, and well, how our entire team of leaders think. Here is where we keep all the content that gives you a clearer picture of who we are, what we do, how we think [about the industry we love] and the many ways to tell a brand story, without resorting to buzzwords like “data-driven paradigm shift” or “brand story.”
Your Website Has 3 Seconds to Impress—Make It Count
Your website is more than just a collection of pages—it’s your brand’s digital handshake. Research shows that users form an opinion about a website in just 50 milliseconds. That means your digital presence must immediately communicate trust, clarity, and value. If...
Your Website Has 3 Seconds to Impress—Make It Count
Your website is more than just a collection of pages—it’s your brand’s digital handshake. Research shows that users form an opinion about a website in just 50 milliseconds. That means your digital presence must immediately communicate trust, clarity, and value. If...
What Human-Focused Interior Design Can Teach Us and 5 Ways to Get Started
I recently learned about Ilse Crawford through the Netflix series Abstract: The Art of Design and was immediately taken with both her way of viewing the world through interior design as well as how much her perspective makes equal sense in the world of user experience...
WordPress 101: Should I Use a Page Builder?
I’ve worked with WordPress for a long time. I spent a good 7 years designing and building custom themes, during which time I saw the tool EVOLVE. While WordPress is not the most sophisticated CMS on the market, when you add quality plugins and custom functionality,...
Acceleration and Iteration
This one's about: Word '97 on a shiny disc, the creation of the New York Subway map, and the everlasting allure of an Eames chair. How has our creation of fast-paced workflows and iterations inside our workplaces affected our expectations and experiences outside our...
Revisiting Your Values
Sometimes, small changes you’re forced to make reveal bigger ones you may need to make. The last nine months have given all of us the chance to do a bit of reflecting and evaluation. Many companies, including ours, have had to navigate near-death experiences....
The Fifteen4 Holiday Special 2020
Run, Run, Rudolph! It's the most wonderful time of year, so the Fifteen4 team compiled all their favorite holiday tunes into a curated collection of holly jolly favorites for you to enjoy. From egg nog to snowball fights and gift-giving to festive lights, it's time to...
Finding Your Way In with Justin Klugh
This one’s about: baseball, complicated storylines and huge worlds made out of LEGOS, and the importance of mentors. Fighting the good fight in the name of Narrative, Narratology, and — if you will — Wordology. How does one decide to pursue the glory of copywriting?...
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Every episode of the branding world's greatest podcast: The Design of Experience.
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