- Determine your target audience. The structure for building your brand is to determine the target audience you’ll be focusing on. For example, early adaptors or college students or stay at home mothers.
- Choose your focus. This is your personality and your tone.
- Pick a business name that fits you and make it your own.
- Write a slogan that describes what your company means.
- Build your look by choosing a color and font that people can recognize you by.
- Design a logo that embodies your brand.
- Apply your branding across your business and evolve it as you continue to grow.
5 Reasons Successful Branding is Important
Branding clearly delivers your message. Branding emotionally connects your target audience with what you offer. Branding motivates your audience to create a connection. Branding reinforces your credibility. Branding creates loyalty. Bonus – Branding helps you stand out in a crowd.
The Importance of a Social Media Presence
Social media platforms help increase awareness about brands, connect with customers, and potentially boost leads and sales. With more than three billion people around the world using social media every month, it’s certainly not a passing trend. It’s one of the most profitable and stress-free digital marketing platforms that can be used to grow your…
10 of the Most Recognized Logos in the World
We’ve compiled a list of the world’s most recognized logos. Yes, many of these logos have gone through some tweaks throughout the years, but for fun, we listed the year the first version of their current logo appeared. Some of these companies have even been around longer than their currently recognizable logo! It just goes…
When Should You Utilize Digital Printing?
Digital printing is probably what most people are most familiar with, since you probably have one at home. Inkjet printers and laser printers are found in many homes, schools, and offices. Of course, these are generally consumer-level digital printers. For digital printing, images are sent directly to the printer using digital files, as opposed to…
Avoid These 6 Branding Mistakes
Not getting the logo right. Designing a logo yourself (just for now) may seem like a good idea, at first. But, changing a logo mid-stream can be complicated. If you aren’t widely recognized, you could lose what brand equity you may have already established. If you are, you could confuse, alienate and ultimately lose your…
What is the Difference Between Serif and Sans-Serif Typefaces?
You may have heard the terms serif and sans-serif before, but do you know what those terms actually mean? In typography, a serif is a small line, stroke, or other decorative flair regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke in a letter or symbol within a particular font or family of fonts. “Sans”…
6 Reasons why a Strong Brand is Important for your Small Business
Branding gives you recognition. Branding puts a face onto your business. Branding establishes trust. Consumers are going to feel more comfortable purchasing from a polished and legitimate business. Branding supports advertising. Advertising is an important component of a brand. Branding builds your financial value. Strong branding often guarantees future business. Branding inspires employees. A brand…
Why You Should Care About Branding Your Business
It is safe to assume most everyone will look you up on Google prior to visiting your business, hiring you for a service, or purchasing your products and/or services. Whenever you interact with people, whether in-person or online, how you present your brand is exceedingly important. Think of all of the brands you know. While…
