Tips for DIYing your own branding
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In need of a brand but don't yet have enough budget to hire a professional? On today's episode of Building your Brand podcast I am giving you my top tips for DIYing your own branding. Whether its because you're a creative and want to do your branding yourself or you need some branding to bride the gap between now and when you can afford to outsource your branding, this episode is for you.
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Key Takeaways
- If you have a small budget but not enough for branding hire a photographer; it's the most valuable use of your money at this stage
- Your brand values will be similar or the same as your personal values
- It's important to keep asking yourself 'What do I want my customers to feel' all through the process of develioping your branding
Episode Highlights
- 2:32 Deciding on brand values
- 3:12 Defining a mission statement
- 4:22 Brand personality
- 6:20 How to create a moodboard that helps you
- 7:31 Bare minimum elements needed to create branding
- 9:38 File formats needed
- 10:02 Colour guidelines
- 12:07 Fonts for branding
- 13:50 How photography can help
- 14:56 Adding illustrations to your branding
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