It is very important for businesses to take branding seriously. It can have an impact in both the long-term and the short, and its’ impact can be both massive and marginal. Whether you’re starting a direct mail campaign, and want to ensure that your leaflet or brochure has an impact, or if you want the same for your website, incorporating branding into the design process can be an effective avenue for your efforts.
Branding, while partly revolving around logos, actually has a lot more to it. It’s not just about designing an imaginative logo, it’s also about designing a marketing tool which is very precise. This may mean, in a website for instance, that everything has to be looked over multiple times to ensure that all of the colour schemes, and all of the company logos are exactly how you want them to be.
There are instances where branding can go too far: If you look at websites again, in order for them to be an effective marketing tool, you need to ensure that the quality of the branding remains high, but not at the expense of the website’s content. You may find high quality content, as well as the need for making the content as relevant as possible, which is essential for SEO.