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Design & Branding
There are brands that write very well, but read very poorly
They read dashboards, percentages, clicks, reach, impressions, and conversions. But they don’t read people’s weariness. They don’t read the silence of a customer who stops returning. Or the discomfort of a team that no longer believes in the narrative. Nor a culture that changed before the committee approved the change. The problem isn’t a lack […]
Brands don’t just collaborate. They create new worlds
For years, many brands viewed each other as enemy territory. My category, my audience, my tone, my space, my market. But something is changing. We’re seeing more and more brands collaborating to appear in places they couldn’t reach on their own. Fashion with food. Beauty with beverages. Luxury with urban culture. Retail with entertainment. Technology […]
Every time a brand says it wants to connect with young people, something needs to be examined
Not because wanting to understand them is wrong. On the contrary. The problem arises when they are treated like a decorative tribe: an aesthetic, a tone, a list of words, a campaign with fast-paced music and brighter colors. New generations don’t need brands to seem young. They need them to stop treating them like naive […]
August has a strange way of creating distance
Some people leave. Some people return. Families reunite after months apart. Friends meet up for a few days. Conversations linger because there’s no rush. Silences also find rest. And in the midst of this slower, sunnier, more suspended month, the 8th arrives once again. At TOTEM, we celebrate it with #8Hugs. Not as a pretty […]
Vacations don’t begin when you leave
They begin with how you leave behind what you’ve built. At the end of July, many brands enter transition mode. Cycles are closed, tasks are delegated, automation is implemented, and the pace slows. Everything seems under control. But it’s precisely at this moment that a key question arises: what happens to the brand when it’s […]
The pork industry in the Americas is opening up to the world
And branding has a lot to say. From tomorrow, July 22nd, until July 24th, Andy Stalman, CEO of TOTEM Branding, will participate in Porkaméricas 2026, one of the most important gatherings in the pork industry of the continent, which will bring together international leaders, producers, entrepreneurs, technicians, and experts from across the entire value chain […]
Knowledge as a true engine of transformation
The evolution of the sector doesn’t depend solely on infrastructure, investments, or campaigns. It depends on how brands are understood and built. Because today, more than ever, the value of a destination, an organization, or a project is directly linked to its ability to generate meaning. Developing open and accessible training initiatives isn’t a one-off […]
The World Cup offers more than just matches. It offers identity.
For 39 days, the world did something quite extraordinary: stop, look, and feel the same thing all at once. A ball. A jersey. A flag. An anthem. A country. A promise. There wasn’t much to explain. The World Cup is understood more through the body than the mind. The 2026 World Cup has ended on […]
The 2026 World Cup already has a champion
The match ends. The tension ends. The uncertainty ends. The result is in. But something else begins: memory. Because a final doesn’t just crown a team. It enshrines a story. And this final had something especially powerful: Argentina and Spain once again placed the Spanish language at the center of the world. For the first […]
Do we choose a destination for what it is… or for what it means?
The conversation isn’t about attracting more visitors, but about building meaningful experiences. People no longer just look for places; they seek coherence between what they see, what they experience, and what they remember. And that coherence is increasingly a matter of branding. The destinations that are moving forward understand that tourism isn’t a campaign, it’s […]
