by Jackie Brown | Advertising, Branding, Design, Marketing, No Designer - No Problem
So you’re working on a new design. You’ve got a grid down, right? (take a look at our grid article if you need a refresher) The next step is to get the elements in a visual hierarchy. And while those might be some fancy words, the phrase really just means making it...
by Jackie Brown | Branding, Copywriting, Copywriting Case Study, Marketing
Looking to see growth in your financial products? Want to build some momentum in product usage? Need ideas to promote accounts and loans? Think about what you call them, think about how your target audience perceives them and you might just breakthrough a flat or...
by Jackie Brown | Advertising, Branding, Design, Digital, Feature, Marketing
Are you frustrated trying to keep up with all of your marketing projects? Heck just tracking the individual items in a massive multi-channel advertising campaign is tough. Need to show your management team the huge amounts of work you crank out? And then out of...
by Jackie Brown | Advertising, Branding, Design, Feature, Print Design Case Study
The Challenge: Progress Bank is a community bank headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Only ten years into their charter and they are already giving more established area banks healthy competition. With a name like Progress, brand materials must be modern and with a...
by Jackie Brown | Advertising, Branding, Design, Marketing
Hiring a designer not in the budget? Here are a few graphic design tips to help those marketing and advertising pieces get noticed! With the influx of apps such as Canva, Adobe Spark and PicMonkey that quickly create text on images for social media, it’s easier...
by Jackie Brown | Branding, Design, Marketing
In a sister post to this one, we discussed many of the benefits of a style guide: brand loyalty, cost savings, employee retention to name a few. In this post, let’s look at what goes in to a great style guide, using examples from national organizations as...