Visual branding is the process of creating a visual identity for a brand that includes its logo, color palette, typography, imagery, and other visual elements. Any business should have a strong visual identity in order to establish their brand's personality, differentiate themselves from their competitors, and increase brand recognition in the market. 

“Good marketing and good strategy are both about making choices that build and maintain a particular set of capabilities that enable a company to outperform its competitors.”- Roger Martin

Marketing is important for any firm whether small scale, medium sized or a billion-dollar company. There is a common perception that a billion-dollar company employs some special marketing strategies which cannot be adopted by the small and medium enterprises. However, this is quite untrue. Of course, the scale of adopting a marketing strategy may differ based on the marketing budget and capabilities, however, it is totally possible to take a leaf out of the book of any of the fortune 500 companies for their marketing strategies.

As 2021 comes to an end and 2022 is just around the corner, brainstorming ways to make your business's marketing strategy a standout in the new year is crucial. If you have ever spent any time in the world of marketing, you know that the trends and strategies are constantly changing and evolving, as keeping up with today’s technologies continues to be the biggest challenge. So, as we prepare for the new year, here are 10 ways your company can implement the best marketing trends into your strategy for 2022. 

Building your brand is an instrumental part of developing your business. Without this foundation, your organization will lack the voice, value, and customer awareness that will set you apart from your competition. While it might seem that branding efforts are an expensive venture, it doesn’t have to be! You don’t have to spend a ridiculous amount of money to build a memorable, recognizable brand. Below, we discuss some budget-friendly ways that your business can develop a better brand identity.

When you are building a business from the ground up, there is a lot to take into consideration. It’s easy enough to focus on how your company is going to turn a profit, but there’s one thing that shouldn’t be allowed to slip through the cracks: the creation of your logo. Your logo will do many things for your business by giving your audience something to recognize and setting up a visual identity. Below, we have some essential considerations for your logo creation process.

Recently, everyone in the Atlanta office took a personality test. If you follow our blogs you can see that we have a very diverse group here in ATL! This helps keep us on our toes and gives us the unusual ability to see a problem from different angles for our clients. But enough about us, we know our personalities. What I want to know is - do you know the personality of your brand?

I am fascinated with color: the history behind it, the emotions it evokes and its simple beauty.

Since entering the marketing industry, I now have an appreciation of how color influences brand identity.

What do you think of DMG Communications new business cards? We are interested in what you think of how their new brand has now been translated into a communicative piece of collateral in the form of a business card.