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INTENTION BEFORE ATTENTION: Why the Smartest Brands Start With What They Mean, Not What They Make
In a world engineered to steal your attention, it’s easy for brands to assume that attention is the goal. More impressions. More views. More followers. More noise. We measure it, chase it, optimize it, and celebrate it as if attention itself were proof of progress.
But there is a deeper, more strategic truth:
Attention without intention is just distraction. Intention makes attention meaningful.

London : Los Angeles (LO:LA)
32 minutes ago5 min read


The Joy Deficit: Why Brands Feel Cold (and How to Fix It)
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash We’re living through a joy crisis. Not just in life, but in marketing. Everywhere you look, brands are louder, faster, and more connected than ever. Yet somehow… emptier. The average consumer scrolls past 6,000 brand messages a day and feels almost nothing. We’ve optimized content for algorithms, automated empathy into workflows, and replaced intuition with data dashboards. We can target the right person, at the right time, with the right

London : Los Angeles (LO:LA)
Nov 55 min read


Joy Is Not Fluffy. It’s Serious Business.
We’ve confused seriousness with solemnity. Somewhere along the way, marketing forgot how to smile. In our chase for precision, data dashboards, performance metrics, and predictive models, we stripped the feeling out of our brands. We started calling things “serious business” when what we really meant was soulless business . The irony? The very thing we’ve been told to treat as soft ' joy' turns out to be the hardest-working emotion in the room. Joy pays. Joy isn’t fluff. It’

London : Los Angeles (LO:LA)
Oct 272 min read


LO:LA Wins Silver and Bronze at the 2025 Transform Awards for Rize Credit Union
A brand built on purpose. A partnership built on trust. Wednesday night was a proud one for LO:LA (London : Los Angeles). At this year’s ...

London : Los Angeles (LO:LA)
Oct 101 min read


Crafting Stories That Resonate with Your Audience
Storytelling is a powerful tool that connects people, evokes emotions, and drives action. Whether you are a marketer, writer, or business...

London : Los Angeles (LO:LA)
Sep 294 min read