The Branding Process

Design Process: From Discovery to Delivery

In this blog post, we will walk you through our design process, starting from the discovery stage to the final delivery of your brand's design. A consistent and well-executed design strategy is essential to differentiate your business in today's competitive market.

Discovery

During the discovery phase, we thoroughly analyze your business, competitors, and customers. We use research, meetings, and analysis to gain valuable insights for our design strategy. This includes studying case studies, identifying trends, and defining target audiences. We also develop customer journey maps to capture your customers' vision of your brand. By doing this, we can identify touchpoints that will resonate with them.

Definition

Our team uses the information gathered during the discovery phase to create a brand communication strategy that is customized for your company. This includes defining your brand promise and equipping you with the necessary resources to communicate it effectively. By analyzing satisfaction and dissatisfaction factors, and identifying key messages, we develop content that directly addresses your desired audience.

Development

During the ideation phase, we generate ideas based on earlier research. We use brainstorming sessions, mood boards, style guides, and sketching to explore design possibilities. We filter out good and bad ideas, focusing on the stronger concepts. To test these ideas further, we create mock-ups and prototypes to understand how customers will interact with the designs. Our design solutions align with the brief's objectives, and we select the most practical and effective solution.

Mood Boards and Style-tiles

Our design process includes sharing mood boards to encourage collaboration and gather input. These visual references provide an opportunity for you to share your preferences, dislikes, and agreements before we move forward with the design.

Brand Identity

After defining your brand's ethos and communication style, our designers will create a logo and other graphics that represent your brand's personality. These visuals will establish the foundation of your brand identity and maintain consistency across all touchpoints.

Brand Guidelines

Comprehensive brand guidelines are provided to assist in effectively expressing your brand's identity. These guidelines specify the proper usage of your logo, color swatches, and fonts, as well as outlining what not to do. This maintains a cohesive and visually strong brand presence.

Delivery

After you approve the design, we start implementation. This is where we confirm the final choices and requirements. Our team carefully brings the design to life, paying great attention to detail. We complete the design and give it to you for deployment and integration into your business.

Our design process aims to create designs that align with your brand's values and objectives and captivate your audience. We prioritize your vision throughout the process, from discovery to developing design concepts and brand communication strategy. More insights on our design philosophy and the transformative power of great design coming soon.

Branding for Success: What is a brand, and why invest in branding?

You have a logo, a website, and an online presence, but does it all connect? Does it represent you and your message? Branding goes beyond just having a logo or a catchy slogan. It's a comprehensive strategy that can benefit your business in numerous ways and help take it to the next level. If you have been in business successfully for years and come to find your product no longer in demand, it is time to look back and refocus on your brand. 

What is a Brand? 

When people think of branding, the first thing that often comes to mind is a logo. While a logo is undoubtedly one of the most critical components of your brand, it's just one part of a much larger strategy.

A logo acts as the face of your brand. It is usually the first thing a customer sees and remembers about a brand. The product, service, colors, fonts, and graphic elements you use are also not your brand. Nor are you the brand, nor the advertisements or your sales efforts. 

Your brand is combined strategically to communicate your unique message and value in the market. Branding is not just about visual elements; it stems from understanding intangible factors such as your voice and tone, ethos, and an authentic brand narrative.

When all these elements come together, they help communicate your brand story to your community consistently and adequately:

• Who you are.

• What you do.

• What differentiates you from the competition.

• Why you do what you do. 

By developing a solid brand story that's rooted in your values and resonates with your customers, you can build a deeper connection with your audience, giving you a competitive edge.

See our process here.

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Benefits of branding

Strong branding places you at a higher competitive advantage. Brand development has proven to help businesses in several areas and direct a more consistent communication strategy.

Trust

You can build brand equity and increase customer retention by developing a unique brand identity and consistently communicating across all your channels. Studies show that customers are likelier to choose your business over others if it shares their values. 90% of customers would pay more to a brand they trust.

Structure

The process of brand development (see here/link) serves as a clear structure of the company's culture. An entire research phase identifies a business's core and essence, presented clearly within all brand operations. The brand message needs to be understood and shared by everyone within the company, not only the customers. The daily actions of your colleagues and staff all need to align with the overall goal. 

Easier content planning

Having your message and story outlined and fully developed means you always have a starting point for ideas. The story needs to continue, and you build on it. Creating a content calendar is much less time-consuming when you know your goal and understand your customer's journey and mind.

Recognition

Brand recognition is the degree to which a customer can correctly identify your product or service by viewing the logo or other brand elements. Establishing a solid concept and visuals that resonate in the customer's mind will help quickly identify your brand in the crowded market and make it more memorable.

Resilience

If your brand is well-developed, new entrants and competition can never weaken it. A core message and a solid commitment to your promise mean customers know what to expect. 

Customers generally accept minor changes in the product or service because they support the more significant message that this brand maintains the same value and high standard.

Conclusion

Effective branding means developing a comprehensive strategy beyond "a quick logo." Our goal is to build a unique brand identity for your business that differentiates you from your competitors and establishes a strong brand image in the minds of your customers. 

At MadZeeDesigns Ltd., we specialize in brand identity development, digital branding, print media designs, packaging design, and web & app design.

Ready to invest in your business and take your branding to the next level? Get in touch today to explore our services.