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What if you could create a memorable, professional brand for your business without paying thousands to hire a designer?

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What if you created that brand yourself?

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No more feeling STUCK every time you want to move forward with a new project or business idea. No more crossing your fingers that the right designer is available at the right time to take on your project.

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With this course, I teach YOU to become the designer.

\nThe Better Branding Course is a self-paced, online video course that will give you the freedom to bring your ideas to life. I’m going to teach you my unique process for uncovering your brand story, turning that into a strong brand concept, and finally, translating that concept into beautiful visuals that authentically convey the right tone for your brand.\n

I want to help you build a business that supports the life you dream of. And beautiful, authentic branding is your ticket to that. Let’s get started, shall we?

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What Tools Will I Need?

\nIn an effort to make this course as accessible as possible, I developed the content so that anyone could take advantage of it, regardless of their access or knowledge of design programs like Photoshop.\n\nI go through each step of the creation process using not only Photoshop, but also free tools like Canva, Google Slides, and Google Drawings as well. As long as you have access to ONE of the following, you can take full advantage of this course!\n\n \n\n\n\n \n

What’s Covered In The Course?

\nThe course is separated into four main modules of content, each with a number of individual lessons.\n\n\n\n \n

What exactly do we cover together?

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Introduction

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What you can expect from this course

\nLesson 0.1 – Welcome!\n\nSome background on my story and why I created the course\n\nLesson 0.2 – About The Course\n\nWhat you can expect, and how to take full advantage of all the course has to offer\n\nLesson 0.3 – The Power of Branding\n\nWhy authentic branding matters and how it can affect your business, plus what exactly we’ll create togther throughout the course\n

Module 1: Story

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Uncovering what makes you one-of-a-kind

\nLesson 1.1 – Intro To Brand Story \n\nWhat the heck is a brand story and how do you find yours\n\nLesson 1.2 – Owning Your Origin Story\n\nWhat led you to create your business and what parts of your past can help make you stand out\n\nLesson 1.3 – Clarifying Your Business Foundation \n\nGetting clear on the who, the what, the how and the WHY of your business so that your branding is in line with your business fundamentals\n\nLesson 1.4 – Defining Your Brand Beliefs & Values \n\nHow to figure out what your brand stands for and what it cares about\n

Module 2: Concept

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Translating your unique story into a concise brand foundation

\nLesson 2.1 – Intro To Brand Concept \n\nWhy it’s important to have a strong conceptual basis before you develop visuals for your brand\n\nLesson 2.2 – Developing Your Brand Canvas\n\nPulling together the various elements of your brand story and turning it into a strong brand perception\n\nLesson 2.3 – Establishing Your Tone Words\n\nSelecting the five words that will become the basis of your brand\n\nLesson 2.4 – Building A Visual Vocabulary\n\nUnderstanding how tone words translate to visual design elements\n\nLesson 2.5 – Creating A Mood Board\n\nHow to pull together the right inspiration images to set a powerful aesthetic as a jumping off point for your visual identity\n

Module 3: Execution

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Translating your concept into a visual Brand Identity

\nLesson 3.1 – Intro To Brand Execution\n\nWhat elements make up a Brand Identity and how can you begin to create your brand system\n\nLesson 3.2 – Typography\n\nUnderstanding what gives typefaces their personality, how to pick the right ones for your brand, and when/how to use typefaces throughout your branding\n\nLesson 3.3 – Color\n\nHow many colors do you need for your brand and how to develop a palette that is versatile and authentic to you\n\nLesson 3.4 – Graphic Elements\n\nIllustrations, icons, graphic shapes – they all can pull your entire brand together into something that is unique and cohesive\n\nLesson 3.5 – Logos\n\nOnce we have the basic parts of your brand, beginning to build a logo becomes much easier! Logo best practices and variations you’ll need\n\nLesson 3.6 – Photography\n\nWhere to look for great photos and how to develop a consistent aesthetic for blog posts images, web design and social media\n\nLesson 3.7 – Creating Your Brand Board\n\nPulling it all together in a Brand Board so you can see how your brand elements work together and balance each other\n

Module 4: Activation

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Implementing your new brand system into a website design you’re proud to show off (using Squarespace)

\nLesson 4.1 – Intro To Brand Activation\n\nFantastic branding is only helpful to your business if you USE IT! 🙂\n\nLesson 4.2 – Getting Acquainted With Squarespace\n\nA walkthrough of the Squarespace dashboard and basic functionality\n\nLesson 4.3 – Website Structure\n\nCreation of a site map so that you can start to organize your website content\n\nLesson 4.4 – Page Layouts\n\nHow to structure content on your page so that it’s interesting and digestible to your website visitors\n\nLesson 4.5 – Branding Your Home Page\n\nHow to integrate your brand elements into your home page design\n\nLesson 4.6 – Branding Your Social Media Presence\n\nCreating banners and profile images that carry your brand seamlessly through to your social profiles\n\nLesson 4.7 – Launching Your Brand!\n\nA launch plan to build excitement and buzz around your newly updated brand!\n\n \n

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