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How to Breathe New Life into Your Branding
“You don’t actually need a date or a New Year to tell you when to refresh your brand; you just need to know when it’s time to... Your brand is more than just your logo and color palette, so refreshing your brand is more than just an exercise in graphic design — it starts at the foundation level.”
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Defining the Who, What, Why, and How of your Non-Profit Business
It is crucial to define the "who, what, when, where, and why" of your business. In this field guide, we share questions to ask yourself to help define your WWWH’s to strengthen your foundation.
How to Drive Conversions through your Donate Page
If you run a non-profit organization, then you know that donations are a huge part of keeping your organization running. However, just having a donation page on your website isn't enough to attract donors. You need to actively drive conversions to your Donate page. But how exactly do you get people to GO to your Donate page and actually hit support?
Mobilizing Community Engagement through Versatile Touchpoints
By utilizing a variety of touchpoints, you can create a buzz and generate excitement around your cause AND make sure that you’re getting new eyes on your work through various venues. The key is to find the right mix of touchpoints that work for your organization and your audience.
How Often Do I Need to Update my Website?
While the frequency of updates will depend on your specific business and goals, it's generally recommended to update your website at LEAST once a month to keep your content fresh, improve your search engine rankings, and stay ahead of the competition. You wanna keep that website fertilized so it can produce you ripe results.
How to Know When You Need to Reevaluate Your Design System
Even the most well-designed systems can become outdated or ineffective over time, especially as audience expectations and preferences evolve.
Maintaining a Consistent Brand Image Through the Shifting Seasons
In the digital age, it’s super important to maintain a professional and consistent image at all times. Yes, even when you’re in the process of developing a new website or revitalizing your branding! Here are our best tips to maintaining a consistent brand through the changes.
How to Make People Fall in Love with Your Mission
Think about how you can better love on people, which in turn will make them fall madly in love with your mission.
How to Breathe New Life into Your Branding
There’s no better time than now to take another stab at the new year and breathe new life into your business and brand. You don’t actually need a date or a New Year to tell you when to refresh your brand; you just need to know when it’s time to.
3 Tips to Make Your Website Impactful
The second that someone new stumbles on your page, you want to make sure they are immersed into your world for the moments you share—to help them get a glimpse of the system you live in, and the universe you occupy. Here are a few tips to ensure that when they do, your story, vision, and mission, shine so bright they couldn’t miss it.
How to Use Design to Make the World a Better Place
Good design can help people connect with people, inspire action, bring joy, and ultimately touch the planet.
Working with a Social Impact Design Studio
So, your brand is on a mission to change social culture and leave the world better than you found it? Here are a few reasons why we recommend working with a social impact design studio (like us).
How to Inspire Action through Design
Good design, invites everyone in, creating unity and connecting on a deep emotional level. We believe design is capable of changing our world; here’s how we wield the tool.
What Drives Your Company?
When it comes to figuring out a brand identity, brands, like people, need to have a mission, vision, and values.
When it’s Time to Create a Sub-Brand or Second Brand
As your brand grows and evolves you’ll likely experience the occasional growing pain in your branding. You may begin to ask yourself questions like, “should I create a sub-brand?” “what about a second business?” If you’re wondering where to take your branding from here, the good news is that you don’t have to do it alone!
Launching a New Brand: How to Celebrate Your Design
A brand launch is one of the most exciting and momentous parts of the branding process. To avoid critical mistakes and give your brand the buzz it deserves, you should be thoughtful about your brand launch.
How to Find Your Ideal Customer
While it’s tempting to try and appeal to everyone, you’ll find more success if you instead define a narrow target audience and focus on tailoring your marketing and design to them.
Habits that Fuel My Creativity
Creativity is a necessary skill for all kinds of work — not just design. Without creativity, there would be no innovation, no ideation, and no improvement.
Brand Workshops: What are They, and Does My Business Need One?
If you’re hoping to grow your business and establish yourself as a leader in your industry, you’ll need a strong brand. The best way to build one? Complete a brand workshop with your team, led by a branding professional. Here’s how it could help you!
How to Measure Whether Your Brand is Clicking with Your Target Audience
The best way to know if your efforts are netting results is to look for quantifiable data that proves it. Is your revenue increasing? Is your conversion rate moving up? These kinds of data points help us know we’re doing something right.
Four Signs Your Business isn’t Ready to Invest in a Full Branding Process Yet
Most companies know that professional design and branding are essential to appearing credible and trustworthy to their customers. However, for various reasons, some businesses aren’t yet ready to invest in a full branding process. Here’s how to know when it’s time to hold off on investing in a full professional brand.
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