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Weak Taglines Rule The Day

According to Adweek, Grey Worldwide is responsible for the city of Atlanta’s shoddy new logo and tagline.
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The new branding effort began earlier this year when Mayor Shirley Franklin formed Brand Atlanta, a partnership between public and private interests to develop an advertising campaign for the city. Franklin wants to attract more tourists and businesses to the city.
The new work replaces the former slogan, “The city too busy to hate,” which was popular for decades as Atlanta tried to distance itself from other areas of the South that favored segregation. The Ray Charles song, “Georgia on My Mind,” had been the city’s anthem for decades and was included on the state’s vehicular license plates until last year.

With all the agency talent available in Atlanta, one might justifiably expect a better creative product.

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  1. Danny G says

    And here’s a news flash: Al Ries doesn’t like it!
    I suppose when you position yourself as a global branding expert, and the very city you live in spends millions on a new branding campaign without asking you for an opinion, you won’t be happy with it.
    Check out Al’s new column on AdAge.com:

    “Opportunity. Optimism. Openness” is the new, compelling branding strategy backed by a red-and-white trademark with the letters “ATL” highlighted.
    Opportunity, optimism, openness: Sounds like a slogan for the state of Ohio and not a very good one at that. I’ll guarantee that few people will remember the three Os, let alone connect them with a name that doesn’t have a single O in it.

    Actually, I agree with Al here, and having grown up in Atlanta I can tell you exactly why this slogan is bad, but that’s for another time.
    And being a resident of Ohio, I can also attest that there’s very little opporunity, optimism, and openness up here.