New logo design for Meg's Quilted Memories.  She designs tshirt quilts which is a great way to preserve memories!I'm also working on her website, which is still under construction, but can be found at megsquiltedmemories.com

Creative Alliance is your one stop graphic designer for logos, custom designed business forms, business cards, advertisements, brochures, custom QR codes and websites.  We are located in Hawthorn Woods, just outside of Lake Zurich and are active members of the Wauconda Chamber of Commerce and the Hawthorn Woods Women's Club.  Check us out at www.creativealliancedesign.com, or email the owner, Julie, at julie@creativealliancedesign.com, or just give us a call at 847-533-8403.

Be Honest about your product

One aspect of branding is understanding how your customer thinks.  Knowing what’s difficult for the customer in the experience you provide is a must. If it’s a necessary evil, present it as evidence of what makes it worth the trouble.  For example, with web design, the many complex variables make it hard for clients to understand that a well optimized page my not have the look and feel they exactly wanted, but it will help with their visibility on search engines, like Google.  It is totally worth the trouble to learn a little bit about on off page optimizations and it is worth my trouble to try to explain it as simply as possible.  In the end we both benefit.  They understand the limitations of the design and I have helped brand myself as reliable, knowledgeable and trustworthy.  It's a win, win.

branding 101 with Creative Alliance Design in Lake Zurich

Branding - designing the experience before the experience. 


Branding is what your logo, marketing, sales, products and ads say about you as a company.  It is not your product that is branded it is your company as a whole. 


Branding is not about convincing your target market to choose you over your competition.  It is about showing your prospective customers that you are the only company that can do the job they need.  You are the answer to their problem.


To make branding effective your main priority should be to understand the needs and wants of your current customers and your prospective clients.  At every point of public contact you should be analyzing their needs and adjusting your marketing accordingly.  Your branding will then turn into your promise to your customer.  It will be as invaluable to them as it is to you.  


One thing to start considering is analyzing the content of your website. Could you get rid of the 'about us' section of your website and still have your viewers/readers understand your story? If not, make changes and get your branding up to par. Potential customers will make their 1st impression of you within 10 seconds. Make it a good one.


To get your branding off to a good start, employ a good graphic designer or marketing firm to help you create your image.  Creative Alliance takes pride in helping businesses do just this.  Branding is made easy with the experience of Creative Alliance Design in Lake Zurich.  Check us out on the web at www.creativealliancedesign.com or on facebook.  

claiming your listings!

Have you claimed all your free business listings online yet? What a PITA this is.  It is so time consuming, but well worth it.  The more you can claim the better your web presence will be.  Google yourself, then your competition. Make sure all the listings that pop up for you, you've claimed.  Then make sure all the listings that your competition has, you also have.  If you don't claim it or create one.  They are usually free, so what have you got to lose?

For more marketing tips and tidbits, visit me at www.creativealliancedesign.com

Thanks for reading.