Finding all the information you need about your business’ brand isn’t easy, which is why we’ve done the legwork and compiled all the resources you need right here!
Sure, some of these industry leaders are our competitors, but we believe in providing you with everything you need to make an informed decision about your brand.
We’ll take you through five very important steps in deciding developing your brand, which are:
Creating Your Company Values
Deciding on a Mission Statement
Picking Your Colors
Finding Your Typography & Fonts
Selecting Your Web Designs
Find a summary of each resource in the categories below so you know where you need to delve deeper and where you don’t!
Understand what your Company Values are, why you need them, and how you and your team can develop them.
The Muse
https://www.themuse.com/advice/words-to-live-by-5-steps-to-choosing-your-teams-core-values
- Determine Who Should Be Involved
- Brainstorm About What’s Important to You and Your Team
- Consolidate and Define
- Frame Your Values According to Your Team’s Culture
- Evaluate Your Values as a Complete Set
TINYpulse
https://www.tinypulse.com/blog/sk-how-to-choose-company-values
- List Who You Like and Why
- List Who You Don’t Like and Why
- Brainstorm Values
- Repeat
- Make Values Easy to Remember
Zenefits
https://www.zenefits.com/blog/how-to-choose-the-best-company-core-values-for-your-organization/
- Why Core Values are Important to Businesses
- What to Consider When Choosing your Company’s Core Values
- The Best Company Core Values: A How-To
CultureIQ
https://cultureiq.com/defining-company-values/
- What are Company Values
- Defining Your Company’s Values
- So, Where do You Even Start?
- Who do You Involve?
- The Core of It
- What Was the Result?
- What Comes Next?
Threads Culture
https://www.threadsculture.com/create-your-core-values/
- The Wrong Way to Use a Core Values List
- Threads Method to Make Your Own Core Values List
- What You Need
- Step #1 — The Core Values List Question
- Step #2 — Creating the Core Values List
- Step #3 — Organizing Your Core Values List
- Step #4 — Selecting Your Core Values
- Step #5 — Defining Your Core Values
- Next Steps
Cornerstone OnDemand
https://www.cornerstoneondemand.com/rework/6-steps-defining-your-organizational-values
- Assess Your Current Organizational Culture
- Review Your Strategic Business Plan
- Determine the Culture Needed to Achieve Your Plan
- Decide if Your Values Need to Shift
- Define What Your Chosen Values Really Mean
- Incorporate These Values into Organizational Processes
Talk Business
- Step 1: Understand Where the Company Stands at the Moment
- Step 2: Review the Current Strategic Plan
- Step 3: Consider the Cultures
- Step 4: Choose the Values
- Step 5: Define the Meaning of the Value
- Step 6: Incorporate the Values Into the Processes of the Organization
Take your personal and company values and turn them into a powerful Mission Statement that will set the tone for your business.
Kinesis Inc.
https://www.kinesisinc.com/how-to-write-a-powerful-mission-statement/
- Your Mission is Your Core Purpose
- Why You Should Have a Strong Mission Statement
- Examples of Mission Statements
The Balance
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-write-a-mission-statement-2948001
- Describe What Your Company Does
- Describe How Your Company Does What It Does
- Add Why (Your Company Does What It Does)
- Put Your New Mission Statement to Work
Seapoint Center
https://seapointcenter.com/how-to-write-a-mission-statement/
- Step 1: Determine Why You Want to Write a Mission Statement
- Step 2: This Next Step Corresponds With Your Selection in Step 1
- Step 3: Consider What You Offer from Your Customer’s Viewpoint
- Step 4: Now, Write a Brief Statement of No More Than 25 Words
- Step 5: Involve Others
Community Tool Box
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/strategic-planning/vision-mission-statements/main
- What is a Vision Statement?
- What is a Mission Statement?
- Why Should You Create Vision and Mission Statements?
- How Do You Create Vision and Mission Statements?
- Learn What is Important to People in Your Community
- Decide What to Ask
- Decide on the General Focus of Your Organization
- Develop Your Vision and Mission Statements
- Obtain Consensus on Your Vision and Mission Statements
- Decide how You Will Use Your Vision and Mission Statements
Imaginasium
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- Importance and Purpose of a Business Mission Statement
- How To Create a Mission Statement
- 8 Epically Bad Mission Statements
- 23 Best Mission Statements
Now we get to the visuals. Take a look at what branding colors can mean, some suggestions and trends, and a ton of examples to inspire you.
Help Scout
https://www.helpscout.net/blog/psychology-of-color/
- Misconceptions Around the Psychology of Color
- The Importance of Colors in Branding
- 5 Dimensions of Brand Personality
- Color Trends for Men and Women
- Men’s and Women’s Favorite Colors
- Men’s and Women’s Least Favorite Colors
- Color Coordination and Conversions
- Why we Prefer “Sky Blue” Over “Light Blue”
- Finding Your Own Palette
99designs
https://99designs.ca/blog/tips/branding-colors/
- Why Branding Colors Matter
- Application of Branding Colors
- How to Determine Your Brand Identity
- Emotional Associations of Each Color
- Formula for Building a Brand Color Scheme
- Plan on Choosing 3 Colors
- Choose Your Base
- Choose Your Accent
- Choosing Your Neutral
- Monochromatic
- Analogous
- Complementary
- Triadic
- Know When to Color Outside the Lines
CreativeBloq
https://www.creativebloq.com/branding/amazing-uses-colour-6133196
- Red and Orange
- Coca-Cola
- Target
- Vodafone
- Orange
- Home Depot
- easyGroup
- Yellow and Green
- Veuve Clicquot
- Caterpillar
- JCB
- John Deere
- Harrods
- Starbucks
- Blue, Purple and Brown
- NHS
- Tiffany & Co
- Cadbury’s
- UPS
- Pink, Black and White
- T-Mobile
- Hotel Chocolat
- Guinness
- Apple
Piktochart
https://piktochart.com/blog/inspirational-brand-colors/
- Food & Beverage
- Talor Jorgen Coffee
- Gold Bar Whiskey
- Omakse Room
- Hurly Burly Live Cultures
- H + J
- The Street Food Collective
- Flor de Viento
- Lifestyle
- Rasaru
- Basetti Home Innovation
- Tour & Travel
- Blue Saigon
- Mutual Attraction
- NAU
- Digital
- Cashtree
- Mobu
- SM Protect
- Hidden Characters
- Wokine
- Waaark
- Big Brands
- DropBox
- Uber
- Lufthansa
- Asana
- Evernote
- SpaceX
- National Geographic
- Bang & Olufsen
- Spotify
- Airbnb
- Grand Budapest Hotel
BrandColors
This one has too many choices to list, but you’ll love seeing the hundreds of brand colors from 500px to Zopim
Fast Company
https://www.fastcompany.com/3028378/what-your-logos-color-says-about-your-company-infographic
- What Your Logo’s Color Says About Your Company (Infographic)
- Red
- Yellow
- Blue
- Orange
- Green
- Purple
Canva
https://www.canva.com/learn/brand-color-palette/
- Rich and Adventurous
- Warm Antique
- Waimea Waters
- Tropical Punch
- Bolivian Beauty
- Fall Collection
- Very Venice
- Vintage Sundown
- Marigold Mix
- Nordic Woods
- Green and Gold
- Balearic Bounty
- Aqua Army
- Siesta Hour
- Mellow Musings
- Afternoon Delights
- Greek Salad
- French Connection
- Serene Sakura
- Morning Mist
It’s not what you say, but how you say it! According to the industry, these are the powerful strategies you can employ for picking the perfect typography and fonts.
99designs
https://99designs.ca/blog/trends/font-trends-2018/
- Handwritten Fonts
- Watercolor Fonts
- Vintage Slab and Script Fonts
- Helvetica and Helvetica Alternatives
- Creative Experimental Display Typography
- Responsive Fonts for Web
- Mid-Century Fonts
- Refined Serif Fonts
Awwwards
https://www.awwwards.com/typography-is-the-new-black-trends-in-web-design.html
- Hero Fonts and Bold Typefaces
- Serifs ARE BACK
- Expressive Typography in Broken Grid Layouts
- Hero Fonts and Large Letter Sizes in Paragraphs
- Pictograms, Icons and Emojis Decorate Our Paragraphs
- The Evolution of the Paragraph in Web Design
Design Shack
https://designshack.net/articles/typography/typography-trends-2018/
- Color Fonts and Type
- Simple, Bold Sans Serifs
- Highlighted Type
- Cutouts and Overlays
- Layering with Other Elements
- Text with Gradients
- “Overdone” Effects
- Custom Everything
Digital Synopsis
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/top-10-typography-trends-2018/
- Serifs Will Dominate
- Retro Makes a Comeback
- Bigger will be Better
- Cutouts and Overlays
- Highlights and Underline
- Hand Drawn Letters
- Gradients Will Take Over
- Custom Fonts Will Emerge
- Colorful Fonts Will Be the New Black
- Transparency in Typography
CreativeBloq
https://www.creativebloq.com/features/typography-trends
- 1970s-Style Serif Fonts
- Retro Reactions to Geometric Type
- Colour Fonts
- Custom Fonts Designed In-House
- No Trends
Creative Boom
https://www.creativeboom.com/resources/top-10-fonts-that-will-be-popular-with-designers-in-2018/
- Harriet
- Larish Neue
- Ogg
- Domaine Display
- Transcript
- Opposit
- Moniker
- Trade Gothic Display
- Mont
- Noe Display
Finally, it all comes together! The tone, theme, and imagery of your company fit together to create a customer experience they’ll never forget. You’ll be surprised by what websites can really do.
Boral Agency
https://www.boralagency.com/web-design-trends-2019/
- Personalized UX
- Voice User Interface
- Practicality and Content Centered UX
- Minimalism and Bold Typography Designs
- Augmented Reality
- GIFS or Animations
- Sticky Elements
- ChatBots
- Progress Spectrum
- Grid Layouts
TheeDesign
https://www.theedesign.com/blog/2018/web-design-trends-2019
- Speed
- Flat Design
- Mobile First
- Broken Grid/Asymmetrical Layouts
- Shapes
- Single Page Design
- Video Backgrounds
- Micro-Animations
- Chatbots/Machine Learning
- Engaging Minimalism or Attention-Grabbing Visuals
Merehead
http://merehead.com/blog/top-web-design-trends-2019/
- Non-Standard is an Effective Move
- Full-Screen video as a Convenient and Informative Element on a Website
- Geometric Shapes as Freshness and Originality of Web Design
- Cinemagraphs as an Excellent Replacement for Boring GIF Animation
- Bright Colors
- Simple Design & Unique Font
- Minimalism and Translucent Buttons
- Using Photos in the Center
- Natural and Streamlined Shapes
- UI Trends of 2019
- Large Headings
- Minimalism
- Enough Space Between Elements
- Bright Colors
- 3D Elements
- Gradients
- Presence of Animation
I love how many of these trends are the same—that’s why they’re called the industry standard!
Webflow
https://webflow.com/blog/19-web-design-trends-for-2018
- Broken Grid Layouts
- Illustrations Take Center Stage
- Brutalism Reaches Mainstream Status
- More Organic and Oblique Shapes
- Even More Pervasive Interactions and Animations
- The Emergence of Maximalism
- Serifs Put Their Best Feet Forward
- Floating Navigation Menus
- The Video Element
- More Immersive “Multimedia” Longform
- Variable Fonts
- Content Hubs — or Webhooks? — Get Cool
- CSS Grid
- The Quest for the Perfect Digital Design Tool
- Diversity and Inclusion as Design Challenges
- The “Pivot to Video” Plays On
- The Rise of the UX Writer Continues
- Design. Systematized.
- Principles-First Design
NJ Marketing & Web Design Agency CMDS
https://www.cmdsonline.com/blog/the-looking-glass/web-design-trends-2019/
- Bright Colors
- Natural Shapes
- Interactive Backgrounds
- Minimalist Designs
- Building for Mobile First
SoftScript Solutions
https://www.softscripts.net/blog/2018/06/changes-and-trends-in-web-development-this-2018-2019/
- Accelerated Mobile Pages
- Progressive Web Applications
- Shadows and 3D View
- Integrated Animations (Motion UI)
- Virtual Reality
- Push Notifications
- Compatible Extensions
- Mobile Web
- Single Page Websites
- Artificial Intelligence Support
- Flash to HTML5
Muzli
https://medium.muz.li/web-design-trends-2018-a9bfabc99d46
- Minimal and Comfort
- Futuristic Designs
- Custom Illustrations and Videos
- Shadows for Extra Depth
- Responsive Web & Logos
- Minimal Studio Shots
- More Negative Space
- Focal Points
- Animations, GIFS and Cinemagraphs
- Micro Interactions
- Bright Gradients & Vibrant Colors
- Big Bold & Creative Typography
- Particle Backgrounds
- Create More Space with Split Page Design
- Monocolor and Hybrid Icons
- Tell Stories to Retain Users
- Make Your Content Print Ready
Venngage
https://venngage.com/blog/graphic-design-trends/
- Multiple Brand Color Schemes
- Color Gradients are Making a Comeback
- Better Branded Social Media Images
- Unconventional Colors Everywhere
- Bold & Handwritten Fonts Dominate
- More Custom Illustrations
- Better GIFS, Less Reactions
- Cinemagraphs are Gaining Traction
Thanks for taking the time to stop by Yas’ Ultimate Branding Library! I hope you found everything you were looking for, and I invite you to come back again to find even more inspiration. If you’re in need of Branding Services, check out our Brand Identity page and contact us to get started.
