Showing posts with label marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marketing. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Business Logos

A business logo is a graphic representation, design or symbol which acts as a trademark and personifies an organization, company or a concept. From the definition itself, we could see just how vital the role that business logos play. With this said,


Being an important part of branding and marketing a business, your logo is designed by a graphic artist, or by yourself (if you have the knowledge and time) to fuel your advertising efforts. There are many different ways to create the design, but the best way to establish a business logo may vary from business to business. So to know what business logo works best as your trademark, consider the following key areas:


  • Distinctiveness- make sure that your logo stands out. As to the way businesses are done, you should have something similar with your competitors but still have that unique touch. Like for example, having a jewelry shop, you could use gems as one of the images in your logo, which is commonly used, but you should also whip it with some creative touches just so people would easily recognize it.

  • Size matters- this factor should be considered when offering business logos that should have high-resolution. A good example of this would be the marketing materials where these business logos would be printed/displayed: business cards, promotional items, posters, brochures, billboards, etc.

  • Relevance- from looking at your logo alone, people should already be able to tell what business you are running.


The ideas given above may also be applicable to a business logo which will be used for website purposes. But with the constraints that the computer poses, there are also separate issues to keep in mind including:

  • File Size. Limit the size of your logo file and also use less colors to help minimize its size. Remember that the larger the file, the slower the page loads. And if this is the case, you might be losing visitors instead of gaining more.

  • Colors. Try not to blend colors and pick hues that are considered “web-safe”. Even if you were able to come up with the most amazing color blending, but other people might not even 'see' it, the effort would be useless. This is what is meant by web-safe. Elements within the design should be supported by all browsers to ensure everybody would be able to view the logo.

  • If you plan on adding some animation to your logo, do not position it near other animations to avoid distractions. But generally, as the first pointer emphasizes, animations would not be a great way to present your logo.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Copywriting Basics and Promoting Products through It

 

To start with, due to the fact that copywrite and copyright sound alike, they often times get interrelated but the fact is that the terms are totally unassociated.

Copyright is the law that provides protection to artistic or creative products which cannot be copied unless with the owner’s permission. While copywrite, is the the proper use of creativity and knowledge in the field of communication, in whatever medium, to convey the exact marketing message you want to disseminate in the market that you are targeting.

A copywriter takes responsibility in generating effective ideas to persuade the “right” market. In many ways, it can be summed up to intricate networking that involves focused promotional efforts and a vast knowledge on your consumers and the market.

In promoting products through copywrting, one should take note of the following points:

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Consumer awareness should be alleviated, but it should not be presented as if you were explaining things as if you were an operator’s manual. The focus of copywriting is highlighting the marvelous features of the product that sets it apart from other similar products and just how the product could make doing things a notch easier and simply make lives better.

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Whether the copywrite material developed is Internet-based, predetermined for print media, local advertisement, business-oriented, or designed for tourism, it should have an impressive impact that brings about the expected results.

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When copywriting, remember to draft the material as accurately as it is exciting. Do not make false claims just to turn your audiences into “resentful” customers who have assumed wrong things about the product due to misleading statements.

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And lastly, copywriting is never superb if it does not emanate utmost professionalism.