Small Business Resource: A Great Brand for Your Business

Building a brand identity is often a long, laborious, creative project that implies several steps. Here are a few tips to have in mind while designing a brand identity:

1. Do your research

Depending on the type of product the brand will represent, make sure to stay up to date with your research on that particular niche. This way, you'll get a better understanding of the target audience and will be able to design a matching brand identity.

2. Know the Brand's Competitors

While doing your research, take a look at the competitor brands. In order to build a strong brand identity, try to come up with some creative ideas that will differentiate your brand from the competition. Make sure your design is unique.

3. Focus on the visual elements

Fundamentally, your brand identity is the visual interpretation of your business. It is the way in which you distinguish yourself from your competitors. A brand identity typically consists of one or more of the following visual elements:

• a logotype (the typographic treatment of the business name)
• a logo (a graphic symbol or icon)
• a tagline (a short description, slogan or musical jingle)
• a color palette (one or more colors used to highlight your identity).

4. Set the Style Guidelines

Once you're created a great, unique visual concept for the brand, make sure you set a list of rules for using it. The Style Guidelines ensure that the brand's identity in a correct way, whether it goes online, offline, on billboards or t-shirts, on notebooks or calendars.

5. Monitor the feedback

In order to be sure your brand stays strong, always be attentive when it comes to feedback. Your brand may need to be adjusted from time to time, in order to keep step with the fast-changing world we live in.

Conclusion

Looking for a brand identity that sends the correct marketing messages to your target audience? We can help. At Tommy House Studios, we can give your business a distinct and unique identity that makes it appealing to your customer and ensures your brand's personality stands out from the crowd. Let Tommy House Studios help your small business with our branding services in Montgomery, AL, and around the country. You can  contact us to discuss your specific needs and to receive a free quote. Call us at 877-246-1315 or email at info@tommyhouse.com and let us help your business.