Brand Guidelines Wall
Define your brand guidelines using a whiteboard. Use this space to brainstorm about your brand.
- Steps
- 12
- Last edited
- Apr 19, 2023
- Created by
- Nova
About this process
Create your brand guidelines using a whiteboard. Share this guideline with team members and stakeholders. Duration:** 1 to 5 hours Created by:** Ro Fernandez
The process in detail
12 steps- 1
About the organization: Introduction
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About the organization: What service / products do you offer?
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About the organization: Value proposition
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About the organization: What's your purpose?
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Brand: Logo
- 6
Brand: What's your tagline?
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Brand: What color palette and font would you recommend using?
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Brand: Create a board with illustrations, color recommendations, etc (optional)
- 9
Communication: What channels do you use to communicate and connect with your audience?
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Communication: What's your tone of voice?
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Communication: Keywords that are relevant in your industry
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Contact Information: Who is responsible for overseeing marketing / branding in the organization?
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1. About the organization: Introduction
What does the company do? Keep it short.
2. About the organization: What service / products do you offer?
Describe your service and products and include a positioning statement - how are you different from your competitors?
3. About the organization: Value proposition
What is your competitive advantage? And how does the customer perceive it?
4. About the organization: What's your purpose?
Why do you exist?
5. Brand: Logo
Include a link to all your logo documentation. Include the illustration file and the logo for white and black backgrounds, if applicable.
6. Brand: What's your tagline?
7. Brand: What color palette and font would you recommend using?
What styles do you use for the following areas: What font style and size do you use for titles? How do you highlight text? Do you use bold? Do you use a different color? What background colors do you use? What type of illustrations do you recommend? Can you provide a package? Add as much information as you think would be necessary and will reduce the number of mistakes and design reviews.
8. Brand: Create a board with illustrations, color recommendations, etc (optional)
Use this board to discuss and evaluate your color, design, illustration, and product usability before defining it in the next steps.
9. Communication: What channels do you use to communicate and connect with your audience?
Be specific. Email campaigns, Facebook, Instagram, etc
10. Communication: What's your tone of voice?
Casual, Confident, Neutral, Joyful, Optimistic, Friendly, Urgent, Analytical etc.
11. Communication: Keywords that are relevant in your industry
Create a list of words that are vital for your communication strategy. For example, at Nova, we tend to use the following words: Creative, visionary, alternatives, innovative, open, communicative, visual, original, testing, revolutionary, friendly, reveling, impactful, successful, development, launching, team, disrupting, explorers, visualize, feel, possible, opportunity, challenges, investigate, accelerate, different, playful, fun, discussion, open conversation, technology-oriented, future, flexible, experiential, competitive edge, to uncover, dynamic, in-depth discussion, engaging, connecting, synchronicity, new thinking, powerful, customer’s desires, insights, full potential.
12. Contact Information: Who is responsible for overseeing marketing / branding in the organization?
- ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
- What is your purpose?
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- What services/products do you offer?
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- What does the company do? Keep it short.
- Why do you exist?
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- What is your value proposition?
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- What is your competitive advantage? And how does the customer perceive it?
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- BRAND
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- Include a link to your Logo.
- What is your tag line?
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- Color Palette.
- Brand Identity.
- Typography.
- Personality, Self-image, etc
- Font, sizes, etc
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- Illustrations, colors and graphics.
- Contact
- COMMUNICATION
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- Tone of Voice.
- Keywords.
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- Channels.
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