Drawing on behavioral science and real-world brand experience, the book offers a new approach to brand strategy.
ChangeUp, a leading retail design and brand strategy agency, today announced the release of The Brand Vortex: The Guide to Branding with Gravitational Pull, a new book by Bill Chidley, Executive Director of Strategy and Co-Founder at ChangeUp. The book introduces a breakthrough framework for understanding how brands influence consumer behavior – not through persuasion, but through gravitational pull.
In The Brand Vortex, Chidley challenges traditional branding models built on messaging, positioning, and rational decision-making. Drawing from behavioral science, psychology, and decades of real-world practice, he presents a new way to think about brand as a dynamic system of forces that shape how people perceive, decide, and act, often before they are consciously aware of it.
“At a time when consumers are overwhelmed by choice and numb to marketing noise, brands don’t win by saying more,” said Chidley. “They win by feeling right. The Brand Vortex is about designing brands that pull people in instinctively. Brands that become the obvious choice.”
The book covers:
- A new behavioral framework for understanding how brands influence choice.
- The four gravitational brand types and how each creates pull.
- How psychology and neuroscience shape brand perception and loyalty.
- The role of design and experience in reinforcing brand gravity.
- Practical guidance for aligning brand strategy and execution.
“Bill’s creative thinking is unique in the world and it captures what we see every day in our work,” said Lee Carpenter, CEO of ChangeUp. “The strongest brands don’t rely on campaigns to stay relevant. They earn trust through clarity and consistency with cohesive brand systems and physical experiences. The Brand Vortex gives leaders a practical model for building brands that customers don’t just recognize – they return to.”
The Brand Vortex bridges the gap between brand theory and execution – showing how gravitational brands come to life through design, retail environments, customer experience, and behavior-driven strategy.
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