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You’ve been reading about how to keep up a cohesive brand. Clearly, you care about this. But maybe others in your organization aren’t as aware of the importance of staying on-brand. What can you do to get your whole team on board? 1) Take responsibility. If your instructions to your staff/volunteers were essentially, “Be creative and […]

Graphic Design

April 28, 2023

What to do if your staff or volunteers don’t get the whole “branding thing”

There’s this thing in marketing called, “The Magic of 7.” This age-old principle says it takes 7 “touches” with an audience member for you to garner any attention at all. What does this look like? Seems like a lot, right? Nope, this is just the beginning. It takes all 7 exposures to get someone to say, “Oh, that thing. […]

Graphic Design

April 14, 2023

The easiest way to start branding

Adding a custom watermark to your YouTube videos is way easier than you think. (Skip to step 5 if you already have a logo file with a transparent background) Step 1: Go to Canva and open a new project that’s 1080×1080 pixels. *You will need a Canva Pro account to access the background remover feature. Remember, you can get […]

Graphic Design

February 17, 2023

How to add a Custom Watermark to all of your YouTube videos (in <15 minutes)

Odds are, you have a collection of helpers working on your social media, website, service slides, YouTube thumbnails, service folder covers… the list goes on… …and maybe each one of your helpers has a different idea about how those things should look… as a result, things can get a bit chaotic. What’s a Style Guide and how can […]

Graphic Design, Graphic Designer

February 3, 2023

Create Cohesive Graphics using a Style Guide (I made one for you)