Abstract:When most people think of branding, they automatically think of high-profile product brands like Coke and Nike. Service brands, such as those in financial services, telecommunications, or utilities receive somewhat less attention. However, these are the brands for which communication is changing the face of customer relationships, changing the way in which information secures-and more important, retains-customers and market share.Service brands operate essentially on the promise of an experience, and consumers… Show more
“…Customers are also increasingly making decisions on the basis of their impression of the companies that they deal with: and unfriendly documents are part and parcel of the entire image that a company creates for itself (cf. Waller and Delin 2003). In the chapters below, we will see how a proper consideration of the communicative intent of such documents can lead on the one hand to far more effective deployment of the visual modes available and, on the other, to a focused language for voicing critique.…”
Section: Figure 12 An Extract From a Domestic Gas Bill That Is Attemmentioning
hardbackThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.
“…Customers are also increasingly making decisions on the basis of their impression of the companies that they deal with: and unfriendly documents are part and parcel of the entire image that a company creates for itself (cf. Waller and Delin 2003). In the chapters below, we will see how a proper consideration of the communicative intent of such documents can lead on the one hand to far more effective deployment of the visual modes available and, on the other, to a focused language for voicing critique.…”
Section: Figure 12 An Extract From a Domestic Gas Bill That Is Attemmentioning
hardbackThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.
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