We should also quickly mention that a Brand Toolkit is not to be mistaken for a Brand Book. A Brand Toolkit includes clearly defined executable tactics, whereas a Brand Book includes higher-level declarations such as your brand mission, purpose and values.
Take a look at a selection of assets across your marketing channels and ask yourself: Are the fonts consistent? Is the logo treatment the same? Does the tone or vernacular change? Do they evoke the same feeling?
We live, work and play on the beautiful but unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱w7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓l̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are incredibly grateful.
Any marketing materials representing the University, from brochures to web pages to press releases, should follow Associated Press style for grammar. We encourage you to save the following style guide and/or hang it up at your desk for easy reference. Not only will it make great office decor, it will also help ensure consistent grammar usage across the University.
For more tips on AP style, Purdue OWL and Grammar Girl are great resources. If you have further questions, please contact the office of branding, marketing and communication at msu...@murraystate.edu.
Important note: Please use the official names of University colleges, buildings and scholarships, and check your spelling. Examples include the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business, Susan E. Bauernfeind Wellness Center and Jesse D. Jones College of Science, Engineering and Technology.
Any promotional or marketing material that represents any aspect of the University is required to have an equal opportunity statement. The shortened version is easiest to include and can be placed in the footer of the publication in a small font. The font should be no smaller than 6 points with enough contrast to be legible.
Murray State University endorses the intent of all federal and state laws created to prohibit discrimination. Murray State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status or disability in employment or application for employment, admissions or the provision of services and provides, upon request, reasonable accommodation including auxiliary aids and services necessary to afford individuals with disabilities equal access to participate in all programs and activities. Murray State University supports a clean and healthy campus. Please refrain from personal tobacco use.
Use of the department logo system is required for all academic and administrative units. To request your department logo, please contact Branding, Marketing and Communication. Modifications are not permitted, but this system provides variations for certain circumstances. To display a unit name, a single or double line of text is inserted. The font FreightText semibold is used with a cap-height of the unit name being equal to the x-height of UN I V E R S I T Y.
Music: Videos must only use music for which they have all necessary permissions. Copyrighted music may not be used in any Murray State video without permission from the creator. Many websites and musicians supply high-quality music without copyright for use in any video, for free, for free with accreditation or for a small fee.
For copyright information or to schedule a photographer, please contact the digital media team within the Office of Branding, Marketing and Communication at msu.pho...@murraystate.edu. View/download images on SmugMug.
Image alt text (alternative text) is used within HTML code to describe the appearance and function of an image on a web page. This should also be applied within the settings of a .pdf document if it will be available online. Alt text is a central principle of web accessibility. Visually impaired people using screen readers read alt text to better understand the image, and it also provides context to search engines, helping to index an image properly. When writing alt text, describe the image as specifically as possible, but keep it short.
Open the document to which you wish to apply the theme. Go to Page Layout and select the theme from the list. This should update any document, or set up any new document with the correct colors. You can also add specific fonts and effects to the theme if you don't like the standard ones and they'll transition in the same way.
BPS is an efficient online platform for measuring the complete perception of your brand. Using this research tool, you can easily and quickly get data for precise and reliable perception of your brand in relation to your competitors.
Access the internet application, login and enter attributes, values and personalities that are associated with your brand and its main competitors. Survey template is already prepared for you. Just fill it in with the content that suits you best.
You can monitor results in real time while the research is still on-going. When the survey has ended, research data is displayed in a user friendly manner to give you a quick overview of the results. You can also export data to multiple formats (excel, access, spss, r) to make further analyses.
Your presentation will be attractive, interesting and clear. Simply copy into your presentation the relevant outputs (profiles, indexes, brand core elements) that define each brand and the position of your brand in the competitive market will clearly be seen.
Brand Perception Study (BPS) is a study of brand perception in the eyes of its key stakeholders, buyers, users, etc in contrast to its key competitors. The brand perception is constructed and evaluated on key attributes, values, and personalities that respondents associate with a selected brand and its key competitors.
Publish frequently and give your blog some features that stand out. A good blog is almost like an online magazine, with topics and features that people talk about and share with colleagues and friends.
Set a clear focus on an emerging niche that is not currently addressed. Keep the conference small and specific at first, bringing in as many partners as needed to make it successful. As the conference grows, so will your brand strength.
Does a major question remain unanswered in the industry you serve? Do people understand their competitors well, or is perception foggy at best? Industry players rarely conduct research on their own, and when they do, they usually keep it proprietary.
Make the awards relevant to the type of work that you do. For example the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals sponsors the annual Hermes Creative Awards. They have created a program that honors the creative work involved in advertising, marketing, and communication programs. As proud recipients, we display their badge on our our winning projects. Everybody benefits.
Partner with an association or trade publication to increase visibility and participation in your program. You will simultaneously strengthen your reputation as a leading brand and increase your visibility among key players.
The key point is that by increasing the visibility of your experts, you also increase the profile of the firm they are associated with. Having one superstar expert is notable, but having multiple world-class experts makes yours a superstar firm.
The Sustainable Fashion Handbook by Sandy Black
Divided into five thematic chapters covering the topics from fashion cultures to the problems of wasteful industry, eventually sharing broad listing of companies and brands involved in certifying, campaign and promoting sustainability.
Slave to Fashion by Safia Minney
Slave to Fashion shares stories from men and women working in modern slavery and also shows designers and brands in the fashion industry that slave-free fashion is possible.
Sustainable Fibres for Fashion Industry vol. 1 + 2 by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Unpacking a range of relevant fibres in the textile industry and discussing their importance in the context of sustainability.
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys by Kate Fletcher
This book brings understanding and practical information for fashion and textile practitioners on the impact of textile and fashion industry by discussing and challenging the current models and ideas.
Zero Waste Fashion Design by Timo Rissanen & Holly McQuillan
Zero Waste Fashion Design combines research and practical implementation, exploring the zero waste fashion design process.
Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories: A Collection of Sustainable Design Essays by Jonathan Chapman
This challenging book provides the reader with a rich resource of future visions, critical propositions, creative ideas and design strategies for working towards a sustainable tomorrow, today.
In the Brand Assessment Tool, the first step is to rate your compliance with best practices across the following key dimensions: Brand Strategy, Brand Alignment, Brand Communication, and Brand Execution.
In the self-assessment tab, you will find a series of examples of best practices. After you have rated your company in the self-assessment tab, you will be provided with a visual representation of your score. You will also be provided with high-level recommendations for ways to improve upon areas where your company did not rate as well.
Demand Metric had the pleasure of collaborating with expert branding consultant Sandra Sellani of The Sellani Group in the creation of this assessment. Following is a brief biography of Sandra Sellani:
Author, consultant, speaker and trainer Sandra Sellani is Principal of The Sellani Group Brand Strategists, a full-service Newport Beach, California based consultancy. The Sellani Group helps companies build, leverage and maximize the value of their brands by focusing on their strongest point of competitive differentiation.
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