It’s an understatement to say how challenging business is right now. We’re all having to adapt and come up with creative solutions to survive.
So here are THREE ideas that you can use to keep in contact with your customers:
It’s an understatement to say how challenging business is right now. We’re all having to adapt and come up with creative solutions to survive.
So here are THREE ideas that you can use to keep in contact with your customers:
There are so many options that you could lose hours / weeks scrolling through different websites and portfolios, trying to find the best fit.
The start of a new decade is often the prompt for fresh thinking and new approaches. So when you’re considering your marketing projects for the new year, make sure your business stays ahead of the curve with these five graphic design trends for 2020 and beyond:
Sometimes your in-house design team have their hands full. When that happens, you may need an extra pair of hands and an extension of your team.
For most of us it’s a competitive world out there. Many local independents compete against far bigger organisations, with enviable budgets to tell the world about their products and services.
However, they also often lack the invaluable personal touch, that we smaller local businesses pride ourselves upon.
We market our business to impress and retain our customers, entice new prospects and ultimately make sure new work keeps rolling in. However mistakes in marketing are much more common than you’d think. Here are a few common mistakes, to help you avoid slipping up:
Promoting your business and engaging with prospects and customers is a must to keep new business rolling in. Yet hiring an all-bells-and-whistles design agency can be expensive and, employing an in-house designer might not be quite what you need.
Effective graphic design can be critical for the success of a project and compel your audience to respond in the way you want.
Here are some of the top reasons why…
Bland: (adj) Devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; dull; insipid; unemotional.
Boring graphic clichés such as swooshes, globes and random shapes will fail to deliver anything meaningful. To catch your customer’s attention, you’ll need something with a bit more substance.
Graphic design becomes a real investment when it engages with and informs your audience.
So make your marketing meaningful by ensuring every piece has something to say. Great design is founded in your company’s history, its vision and, most importantly, why you’re the best option for your valued customers.
I recently came across the following quote, which beautifully illustrates the importance of knowing your ideal customer and how best to “hook” them in:
Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn’t bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: “Wouldn’t you like to have that?”
Dale Carnegie
Keep your bait both interesting and relevant to your target audience, appealing to their specific needs and wants. Make it irresistible. Your audience should be left in no doubt as to how or why their life would be so much better if they buy.