The more your brand enables entices, and enriches customers,...
50 Ways to Differentiate Your brand
Everybody wants a brand that’s different. The irony of that...
What Being An Admired Brand Does For Your Business
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a name,...
A Guide To Responsive Logos
To provide a comprehensive user experience across multiple mediums, a true responsive design isn’t limited to context or shrinking content on a page. Subtle design considerations, such as the icons and logos should also be flexible enough to follow similar contextual responsive principles.
Identifying Your Brand Culture
Brand culture is the culture that a company cultivates in order to powerfully, consistently and competitively deliver its brand to market. It’s how people work together to bring the brand alive for customers. But brand cultures are more than an expression of the brand itself; they are, by necessity, an expression of the people who work for that brand and the decisions and ways of working and behaving that they agree to work within.
The Difference Between Branding And Marketing
While the branding and marketing are undoubtedly connected, there are minute differences between the two. As a business owner it is essential that you understand branding and marketing in detail, so that you can effectively utilize them together. Below is a closer look at the differences between branding and marketing.
The Difference Between Branding, Identity & Logo Design
I often talk about how your logo is not your brand, nor is it...
How Flexible Is Your Logo?
An advantage of marketing a small business is the flexibility to try new strategies to grow your business.
Though you may be flexible enough to try new marketing tactics to grow your business is your logo?
10 Branding Mistakes Your Small Business is Making.
When you think about great branding, Coca Cola’s distinctive...
Work at an agency, freelance or go in-house? Part 2
FREELANCE VERSUS THE SALARIED (IN-HOUSE) JOB. When I was just starting out, the thought of a designer going in-house was almost unheard of. We were educated to believe that the best work was being done by ad agencies and design studios, and your best bet starting out was to get a freelance gig starting at the bottom and proving yourself to move up to the juicy client work.
Work at an agency, freelance or go in-house? Part 1
It’s hard for me to believe I’ve been at this—being a design...
Get the most ROI from training and development of staff
You’ve likely seen the meme below on LinkedIn and thought to...
3 Ways to Find a Great In-House Creative Job
We’ve all heard the old saying that it’s “not what you know,...
Your Logo Is Not Your Brand at DeskHub Oct 27th
Andy Brenits to present “Your Logo Is Not Your Brand: Strategies and Tactics for Taking Your Brand to the Next Level”.
Register today: “Your Logo Is Not Your Brand” at DeskHub 10/27
Congratulations business owner! Your small, or start-up,...
Inspiration, Career Influencers and Design Heroes
I’m one of those lucky people who knew early on what I wanted...
Brenits teaching at Columbia University.
Andy Brenits to teach at Columbia University Beginning in August.
"Influencing the 'Buy' Decision" presented at Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce
Andy Brenits presented “Influencing The ‘Buy’ Decision” at the Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce on June 14th.
"Influencing the ‘Buy’ Decision" presented at Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce
Andy Brenits presented “Influencing The ‘Buy’ Decision” at the Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce on June 14th.
Collaboration in the Workplace: How to Overcome 7 Common Challenges
Very happy to have been a contributor to the new white paper...
Andy Brenits to present at Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce.
Andy Brenits will return to the QC Chamber of Commerce...
Taking the In-House Management Program to New Levels
HOW recently asked me and Ed Roberts about how we approached...
Career Advice and More
I was interviewed by Melissa Mazzoleni for HOW recently about...
Here Comes ‘da Judge (of the In-House Design Awards)
I'm honored to have been asked to judge the 2014 In-House...
Program Director, 2015 HOW Conference
I've been selected to be the co-program director for the...
Big Change for In-House Designers
I was interviewed by Bryn Mooth for HOW magazine about how...
4 Tips for Managing and Leading Creative Teams
I've had all kinds of bosses during the last twenty years. Some...
5 In-Source Presidents Get Together
The 5 past and present InSource Presidents recently got...
Creative Start-up, Part 12: Failure is an Option
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 12 No, the title is not...
Brenits Named to People to Watch in 2013 list!
I've been named to Graphic Design USA’s “People to Watch in...
Andy Brenits Named to People to Watch in 2013 list!
I’ve been named to Graphic Design USA’s “People to Watch in 2013″ list! More here.
Creative Start-up, Part 11: Recognition & Reward
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 11 For many in-house...
Creative Start-up, Part 10: Goal Setting
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 10 How many of us set...
Creative Start-up, Part 9: Performance Reviews
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 9 Well, it’s that time...
Creative Start-up, Part 8: Admitting Mistakes
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 8 “Steve jobs would...
Creative Start-up, Part 7: Sell The Work, Not The Process
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 7 Any in-house creative...