What's the difference between branding and logos
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A brief overview to help you understand these often confused words.
Branding:
how you make people feel when they interact with you or your product.
Brand Guidelines (also know as "Brand Standards"):
a comprehensive document that defines your brand foundations and visual guidelines to help you make the right impact and show up consistently for your customers, so you can build trust and increase brand recognition.
Brand strategy:
the foundation of your brand that includes: your vision, mission, values, ideal customer, positioning and more. Helps you get clear on how you want your clients / customers to feel when they encounter your brand in the wild, so you can craft a plan to make the right impression with them.
Logo family:
the set of logos that are created so you can place it on a wide range of spaces with ease. They make your logo more versatile and scalable.
Logo:
an identifying mark that represents a business or organization.
Logomark:
the simplest version of your logo (they don't often include text).
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The difference between a logo and branding? A logo is a single identifying mark that can be seen (on a product, social post, billboard, etc) and tied it back to you, it’s a single piece in a thousand piece puzzle.
Branding is the entire puzzle, only telling the whole story when all the pieces fit snuggly together. Branding includes your brand voice, messaging, company culture, visual identity, logos, and every touchpoint people can interact with. And that is why it is so important to have all these details thought out and defined. So you know you are crafting the right experience, creating the right moments, and connecting with the right people. Leaving the right impression and making memories, so people keep coming back for more. All while spreading the word by telling their friends about how great you are.
Have more questions about branding and logos? Or looking for your next creative partner to help you revive your brand or tackle part of your to-do list, so you can focus on your mission?
