First
impressions are a must, expessially for brands. When a person is first
introduced to your company he/she will conclude a quick judgement
about your brand. For this reason creating a memorable, elegant, and
attractive logo is very important. In todays fast moving world it’s
vital to create a memorable experience through design. By doing so a
potential customer will be able to recognize your company later on. A business card is a great example of promotion.
Many people often confuse the word brand. Your
brand is much more than a name or logo. Brand consists of the
experience that a company creates with it’s employees, vendors,
communities, public relations, and customers. Your brand is the
feeling/image that a customer gets when introduced.
Every single business has a brand, including large companies with
huge budgets/staff, and small businesses. Behind every single brand are
people. Those “people” are out there representing the image of your
company. Employees connect brand values with customers through touch
points to make brands come alive. By doing so, the employees reflect
the brands values and help share them.
Consumers develop brand loyalty when expectations are met. They will
often pass up other brands for the one they want. A brands name should
be short, memorable, descriptive of product features/benefits, and
should also give brand meaning if made up or borrowed. All the combined
impressions and experiences of the brand are associated with a
particular company, good or service.
For this massive article we decided not only to give you
inspiration, but hit you with some branding knowledge! To make things
easier on the eye, we combined the most important elements and facts
about the categories concerning a brand. Check out the following bullet
points, and feel free to use them as a valuable resource.
Brand:
- More than a name or logo
- All the combined impressions and experiences associated with a particular company, good or service
- Something consumers relate to on rational and emotional levels
Brand Identity:
The following elements work together to project a consistent image and are instantly recognizable.
– Name – words, letters, or numbers that can be spoken
– Trade characters or personified symbols may also be used
A Brand is Built Around Values:
- Characteristics and values represent what a business or product stands for.
- These “intangibles” connect with consumers in a meaningful way.
- Brand cues remind consumers of values and qualities.
- Brand personality is the essence of the brand and encompasses values and emotional connections.
Brand is the Customer’s Total Experience:
- Touch Points – Opportunities to connect with customers and reinforce brand values
- Every business – large and small – is a brand with touch points
- The brand promise must deliver on consumer expectations
Levels of brand Loyalty:
– Brand recognition: know something about it
– Brand preference: prefer a particular but will buy another if it is not available
– Brand insistence: positively want one brand and one brand only
Branding Internationally:
- Requires businesses to incorporate international considerations
- Requires names that translate into other languages
- Requires sensitivity to customs, cultures, and values
- May even require changes to actual product itself
- May use product extensions
Challenges that the Internet has provided:
- Limited customer interaction, less loyalty, makes building brand on the internet more difficult
- More time spent researching/comparing products than buying
- Innovation and first-rate customer service needed
- Strong, established brands don’t need to spend lots of money to attract people
- Brand is a requirement for Internet businesses
Now that you have an idea that a brand is much more than a logo,
it’s time to focus on the design part. The examples we have for you
below are on point. The following companies have done an incredible job
at monetizing and setting the tone for their brand. As you plan out to
create a logo, think about how it will be used. Will it be used on
social networks, websites, packaging, business cards, stickers,
clothing, pens, USB’s, engraved on products, CD’s, notebooks, and any
other things? You need to plan things out, because the colors will be
different. Online you will most likely use RBG colors for the logo,
while on packaging, business, cards, letter head, and other printing
materials will be CMYK. This is a vital part of the process, because if
you use lets say an extra bright green it will not be bright at all
when printed. For more color decision making and help, check out our
useful collection of color tools for designers.
1. Olympic Provisions
2. Nueblok
3. Fourmation
4. Norton & Sons
5. Iti
6. Møller/Holm
7. Wallas
8. Sam Tootal
9. Berg & Berg
10. Seaward Bakery
11.
12. Perrine’s Wine Shop
13. Fast Eddie’s Barber Shop
14. Fruita Blanch
15. Frances May
16. Art & Graft
17. Academy
18. Yii
19. Ambrose Hotel
20. Eight Hour Day
21. Stationery of Horror
22. Theurel & Thomas
23. Creavisa
24. Nolitan
25. Hermanos Naranjo
26. Soto
27. Oficina
28. Cavalier Essentials
29. Nevada
30. Playground
31. Bone Daddy
32. Stockholm Culture Festival
33. Deichmanske Library
34. Stack Architects
35. Kokoro & Moi
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