A few years back, I shared information with design*sponge website readers
on the subject of how to maximize the visual impact of your business -
no matter what your business is.
Maximum Visual Impact:
‘Tell Your Own Story’ in all visual communications.
Make
your brand an expression of your business’ individual mission, purpose,
style, and products or services – and then leverage that brand by using
it in every visual medium at your disposal. This is the main
opportunity for you to show your potential customers why YOU are
different than others - be proud of your individuality and build on it.
1. Be Consistent
When a potential customer sees your ad, finds your blog online, or is handed your business card, what is the next step for them? Probably to check out your web site and get more info on you. Then they’ll come to your place of business. Will they see the same business image in all of those mediums? Does your brand image engender confidence?
When a potential customer sees your ad, finds your blog online, or is handed your business card, what is the next step for them? Probably to check out your web site and get more info on you. Then they’ll come to your place of business. Will they see the same business image in all of those mediums? Does your brand image engender confidence?
Plan
the components of your design and utilize them across all mediums. From
your business card to your web site to your store or office, the same
visual elements should appear - color, logos, fonts, taglines, etc.
should all flow seamlessly. There should be no question that they all
reflect the best things about your business.
Working with clients to build their brand image visually, I help them choose elements that can be used in many mediums and materials to express a consistent image. We create a ‘brand palette’ that incorporates all of those elements to use in their brand expression. From the paint on the walls to the fixtures holding merchandise to the sign outside, it all plays off of their logo and business attributes. It’s experiential marketing because it immerses the customer into the brand – quite literally: When they walk into your place of business, your brand image surrounds them.
Working with clients to build their brand image visually, I help them choose elements that can be used in many mediums and materials to express a consistent image. We create a ‘brand palette’ that incorporates all of those elements to use in their brand expression. From the paint on the walls to the fixtures holding merchandise to the sign outside, it all plays off of their logo and business attributes. It’s experiential marketing because it immerses the customer into the brand – quite literally: When they walk into your place of business, your brand image surrounds them.
To read four MORE things you can do, go here...
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['Tell Your Own Story' is a DWK tagline]
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