The phrase "a familiar approach" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a method or technique that is well-known or commonly used in a particular context.
Example: "In our research, we decided to utilize a familiar approach to ensure that our findings would be easily understood by our audience."
Alternatives: "a well-known method" or "a common strategy."
On the face of it, Seismic is addressing a big problem with a familiar approach.
She applied a familiar approach by refusing to pass judgment, listening carefully, and developing a sympathetic understanding.
Taking a familiar approach to business incubation, the San Mateo-based accelerator and investment fund offers a handful of on-site services to its chosen companies, including housing, office space, mentoring and seed funding.
A search of the literature suggests that authors are more likely to discuss compromises made because of data limitations than those introduced because of software limitations, perhaps because of the ease of applying a familiar approach (i.e., a 'golden hammer', Brown et al.,1998).
When I first started playing with Blurtt, one comparison immediately sprung to mind — "It's like being on Reddit!" I kid, I kid, but Blurtt definitely takes a familiar approach to mobile photo sharing — any photo you upload (whether you took it yourself or grabbed it from the web) with Blurtt goes live with a caption, so you'd better make you're nice and witty before hitting the submit button.
The jumping around you were doing — it's a familiar approach for a singer today.
Kendra Moore, dressed in white, and Mario Alberto Zambrano, dressed in black leather, gave it their subtle all, but basically the piece was a familiar approach-withdrawal romantic duet.
In the opening scene of "Donald Trump: All American Billionaire," a 2010 documentary from BBC2, a visit to Trump Tower reveals a now familiar approach to décor: a copy of Trump magazine lies on the waiting-room table and magazine covers adorned with Trump's visage cover the walls, in gold frames.
Instead, participants indicated that their preference was to participate in a self-directed process of decision making that supported a more familiar approach to problem solving.
People are staying home, they're taking a more familiar approach to their lifestyle".
But on other fronts, Mr. Helms has taken a much more familiar approach.
