Brand Strategy

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Color Control: RGB vs. CMYK
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Remember the red, yellow, and blue primary color model we all learned in grade school? If only things were still that simple. Graphic designers using digital platforms to create printed communications, need to understand two different color models to get...
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Sharing a SLYCE of Website Success
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It’s always satisfying to launch a website we designed and developed—but it’s especially sweet when it’s a restaurant site we practically cooked up from scratch. Just days ago, the new SLYCEcoalfiredpizza.com went live, and, like a piping hot pie with...
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ICYMI: Direct Mail’s Superpowers
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Since the start of the pandemic, more people report suffering from digital marketing fatigue—a fact not lost on savvy marketers. So, we think this is the perfect time to remind you about the power of direct mail to stand out...
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Media-Agnostic Marketing Design: Size Doesn’t Matter
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For graphic designers, a sizable challenge is creating marketing campaigns that are media-agnostic. The visual elements have to be both consistent and elastic—as recognizable and prominent on a mobile screen or direct mail flyer as on a roadside billboard. Learn...
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ICYMI: Getting Descriptive with Logos
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The new pictograms for the Tokyo Olympics are a great example of how simple, artistic design can clearly communicate messages to millions around the world. So do descriptive logos—text, shapes, or visuals that tell a brand’s story. Seems like a...
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Branding Your Environment as Well as Your Business
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Do you do business in a competitive market or in an industry where aesthetics can affect results—like beauty and fashion, food and hospitality, financial services, health and wellness, nonprofits, technology? Then you need to go the extra mile to stand...
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How to Send Season’s Greetings in a Pandemic
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How to Send Season’s Greetings in a Pandemic Reaching out to customers, partners, and employees on special occasions can have a huge impact on your business relationships. It shows you are invested in and value them as individuals. And at...
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A Princess Walks into a Museum …
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During a trip to the Field Museum with her young daughter, Street Level Studio’s content strategist sees firsthand the magic of marketing through the eyes of a storyteller.
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What Doesn’t Kill Creativity Makes It Stronger!
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Sometimes realities like budgets, brand guidelines, and business objectives can feel like creativity killers. Yet that doesn’t have to be the case. Often a concerted effort to converge creativity with the constraints of commerce yields the most imaginative results.
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Hitting the Brand Strategy Reset Button
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The business world is facing a new reality, especially when it comes to consumer behavior, which makes now the best time to hit the reset button on your brand strategy. Our director of new business development shares key insights into...
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