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Creativity is just like any other skill. It needs to be polished and sharpened time and again. Whether you are a new graphic designer or an advanced professional, one thing remains unchanged: your heavy dependence on typography, colour theory, and other creative resources to expand and add dimension to your designs.
To get you moving when you hit a creative block or need a fresh perspective on things, we’ve put together a list of 5 great websites to help you take your next project to a new level.

1. Logoinspirations

The name gives it away; this site hosts a vast collection of professional logo designs. Browse through it, and you might find the inspiration you need from one of the many beautiful templates. You can also design your logo on this website.

The resources section on the website has an extensive list of tools you need to succeed as a designer, including Envato, Printful, The Hungry Jpeg, and Flywheel, among others.

2. Dribble

Dribble is an online community for graphic designers to connect with other creatives, share ideas, get inspiration, and feedback, maybe even find a future collaborator or colleague. You can sign up to this site for free and follow designers whose work interests you. You have the option to publish your work on the site where others can see it, but only if a member has invited you. Note: You must save and upload your work to Dribble’s draft page to get an invite. Once it is uploaded, make sure to connect and interact with other designers to widen your network and improve your chances of getting an invite.

Dribble also works as a platform for hiring managers to scout new talent.

3. Adobe Color CC

Earlier known as Adobe Kuler, this site offers a free online color tool that can be used to create various color themes and palettes. You can also share your ideas and work with others. Another highlight of this site is color relationships. Using Adobe Color on your browser you can find new color combinations and save them via the color wheel on the homepage. You can adjust the color picker between different search parameters such as analogous, monochromatic, complementary, or triad.

Another way to create color relationships is by using the app’s camera function.

You can identify color schemes from the various surroundings of your choice, and the app will pick up colors in real-time as you look through the lens. You can also take pictures on the go, and the camera function can pick up colors from the saved images.

While there are different ways to use Adobe Color, it works brilliantly for designers and other creative professionals who work with color.

4. Httpster

Httpster offers a regularly curated collection of beautiful website inspiration for graphic designers to browse through and explore. It is a free resource featuring a quirky scale slider replacing the scroll bar. You have the option to filter websites by style or type. Different website categories have been thoughtfully classified, making the site easy and fast to use.

5. Flaticon

Founded in 2013, Flaticon is among the most comprehensive icon search engines today. They offer free, high-quality, editable vector graphics that you can download and use with attribution or pay a nominal fee if you want to use them without attribution.

The platform is easy to use, and you can search for icons using keywords or filters using monochrome or colored images. You can also download a set of icons such as ‘social media logos’ or ‘business and teams.’

These were some sites we really like and use for inspiration for design. We hope you found this post useful and can refer to it to make your next design project awesome!

A brand story is a cohesive narrative to convey your brand’s journey. It evokes emotion and gives a personality and character to your business. With a story, you have the opportunity to engage your audience and get them emotionally invested in your brand. However, what many overlook is how integral design is to the brand story; these two elements work in tandem to create an impact. Getting this combination right allows creative agencies to build a powerful brand story.

The basics of a brand story

For centuries, mankind has been drawn to story-telling. Stories have the power to capture our imaginations in a way nothing else does. Brand stories needn’t be complex, but they do have to be engaging–to create a space in the minds of your consumers.

With the right story, your audience becomes a brand advocate– retelling your story for you.

How to tell a brand story

Start with the elements of who you are as a brand. Pick out some fundamentals to work with. Perhaps you are luxury, user-friendly, informal, community focused, or something else. Think about the roots of the business. Why did it start? Why did it develop in the direction it did? Remember that passion is rocket fuel for a good story.

Think about what you truly value as a brand. How are you different from your competitors? Who is your audience?

Remain true to your target audience and think about what motivates them.

What’s essential in any brand story:

1. Positioning – How do you make your customers’ lives easier?
2. Promise – What is your promise to them?
3. Personas – Who are the heroes in your story?
4. Personality – What kind of qualities do you have?
5. Product – What do you offer?
6. Pricing – What does this cost your customer?

Define your brand statement

Develop your brand statement by putting together the essential aspects of your brand. This statement will help you communicate to your audience what you stand for. A brand statement is not to be confused with a mission statement.

A brand statement tells your consumers and stakeholders what drives you and makes you unique; a mission statement explains the work you do.

Draft your story

With a strong brand statement in place, you are now ready to create an engaging narrative that is rooted in your brand purpose.

Tell your story in a way that it builds trust in your audience while keeping it simple to understand. The way you end the story is important. It should give a sense of continuation and success to come.

There are different types of stories a brand can tell

1. Core Purpose

This type of story focuses on real events from your life and how those lead to the purpose behind your brand. A story like this helps form a community and common values.

Take this excerpt from Body Shop’s story for instance

‘The Body Shop is rooted in activism, and our history of campaigning started in 1986. Anita teamed up with Greenpeace on the Save the Whale campaign to fight the cruel practice of whaling.

Our products were never tested on animals and didn’t exploit anyone in making them. We worked fairly with farmers and suppliers, and helped communities thrive through our Community Fair Trade program.’

2. Origin Story

A popular format, this story highlights how your brand came to be with details like why it was established, who founded it, where it was first launched, and any other highlights.

Here’s a snippet from Coca Cola’s brand story highlighting their humble beginnings:

‘On May 8, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton served the world’s first Coca-Cola at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in Atlanta. From that one iconic drink, we’ve evolved into a total beverage company. More than 1.9 billion servings of our drinks are enjoyed in more than 200 countries each day.’

3. Evolution Story

This is a story that shows how a brand went from its zero to hero stage. It lends a more real feel to your story, when your audience can see how you worked your way up, overcame challenges, and reached the top.

Who better than Oprah Winfrey to demonstrate the zero to hero story. The business mogul nicknamed “Queen of All Media”, is one of the most well-recognized figures in the world with unparalleled influence. While this is her story today, things weren’t always this pleasant. Oprah was born into rural poverty in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to a single teenage mother who could barely afford to send her to school.

While this is the story of an individual, Oprah has built a brand of herself, one that has helped grow her empire to a net worth of USD 2.6 billion.

Different elements of a brand story

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that your brand story is simply a chunk of text under the title ‘Our Story’ on your website.

You can think of building your brand story by understanding, words, imagery and emotion behind your brand’s design. It links everything together for your audience. If you succeed in getting both a strong brand story and intuitive design, then they become even greater than the sum of their parts – this is what a creative agency will aim for.

A well-built and comprehensive story encompasses everything from fonts to your logo, and graphics, to tone of voice and personality. These come together to tell an engaging brand story that draws your audience in and keeps them coming back.

Headspace does this well. It is a mindfulness app that offers meditation and other calming activities and the visual elements on its interface create the same sense of peace.

You can think of this in terms of the look and feel of everything you do. This makes your story richer. Visual elements such as colours and photos on your website through to packaging or brochure design play an important role in this.

The power of the designer

You have the most information about your brand. You know your audience. You know your history, values and objectives. An excellent creative agency will work on how to tie these different threads together, through design, to create a cohesive and emotive story. Without design, brand storytelling is simply words on a page. It is the creative design which allows your story to stand out from the crowd and get your audience 100% invested in your business.

Building a brand story is not an accidental process.

It is a conscious and directed process which requires knowledge of the business, the audience, the industry and marketing. Employing the right creative agency is vital to this process, to keep your business ahead of the game.

In the last two years, we’ve witnessed the pandemic change the marketing landscape and just how quickly the industry can evolve. Lifestyle changes in the lockdown have made consumers conscious of their choices with regard to health, wellness, and inclusion which was reflected in the brands they engaged with.

Peloton tapped into this shift with their holiday campaign “When Your Workout is a Joy, It’s a Joy to Workout.” Headspace is another brand that picked up on the widespread but often overlooked ‘holiday dread’ and created exclusive in-app content ‘Happier Holidays’ to help navigate this period.

Whole Foods created an online educational program teaching their health-conscious consumers how to prepare new recipes using Whole Foods ingredients.

In 2022, we will see the impact of the pandemic hangover on how people interact with brands.

Staying current with industry changes is critical to staying relevant with your audience. To stay ahead of the curve, these are the branding trends to keep an eye out for in 2022:

1. Video to remain a mainstay

A picture says a thousand words. So when thousands of pictures are put together to create a captivating video, imagine the impact it creates. With falling attention spans and the rising number of high-speed-powered smartphones, user preferences are shifting from long-form text to short videos or infographics. The coming of Instagram reels, YouTube shorts, and LinkedIn stories are proof of this.

Brands who want to focus on awareness and engagement must realign their content creation and marketing strategies to publish visually appealing content as an integral part of their content marketing strategy in 2022.

2. Customer experience to be a hybrid of digital and physical 

It is no surprise that the pandemic has brought about a wave of digitization for brands across industries with a large number of physical stores shutting down. Sales from e-commerce have gone from 13.6% to 19.5% in the last two years. This trend is expected to grow in the next five years.

Without building a strong brand and memorable customer experience in the virtual space, you risk little to no brand awareness, high customer acquisition costs and reduced remarketing and loyalty-building opportunities. The right balance of the digital and physical will give your customers a complete brand experience. Use online media for visual and informational branding and traditional channels for appealing to the other senses. Ralph Lauren did this successfully with a Snapchat collaboration. Users could take on different Snapchat avatars to virtually try on Ralph Lauren outfits and buy them via the app. This made the customer experience a wonderful union by adding fun and novelty to the online buying process.

3. Audio Content

Marketers were thrown by the tremendous popularity of Clubhouse in 2021. This platform took the marketing industry by storm, and they did this without publishing any visual content. Major players including Twitter and Facebook rushed to invest in similar features. Notable names such as Slack, Shopify, and Sephora followed suit and launched their podcasts to expand their listener networks and this is expected to continue in 2022.

Closer to home, Dubai-based Huda Kattan, CEO of Huda Beauty shared the origin story of the beauty empire on ‘Breaking Beauty’ a trending UAE podcast that features successful women entrepreneurs.

While audio-only platforms may not have an immediate monetizing feature, they make a strong channel for increasing brand awareness and engagement.

4. Influencer campaigns

A majority of marketers already leverage influencer marketing but it is set to go from being a trend to becoming a tactic in 2022. A report states that it is among the top ROI generating trends. Brands need to collaborate with influencers who are part of the niche you operate in or have come under ‘micro-influencers.’ They will act as brand ambassadors except they are viewed as regular people which makes them more relatable, and audiences find it easier to trust their recommendations.

While it is important to stay abreast with new trends and changing consumer expectations, major business growth comes from a laser-sharp focus on your foundation. So while you adopt these new trends and or ask your branding agency to employ them into your strategy for 2022, don’t lose sight of the basics to ensure a strong bottom line.

We hope you find these trends useful and get a head start on your marketing campaigns in the new year!

As the year 2021 comes to a close, we’re happy to share with you one of the biggest and most significant transformations we’ve worked on in a while.

Branding by 8, Element 8’s brand strategy and creative design arm, is now Moonbox, an independent brand consultancy. 

Branding is a strategic and continuous evolution, and while some moving parts work, others may become obsolete or require an upgrade. For this, we need to rebrand, a process just as important as creating a brand strategy from scratch. Together with the entire team, we took time to do some collective introspection, taking stock of where we are, what works and what we need to improve. A few critical things became apparent:

1. The audience perceives us as something we’re not.

• We are NOT a website design and development agency. That’s Element 8‘s turf.
• We are NOT a digital marketing and SEO company. That’s a function of another team at Element 8.
• We are NOT a logo design company. Yes, we develop brand identity, but we are so much more than that.

2. The name ‘Branding by 8’ doesn’t fully represent who we are.

The name may be a dead giveaway for what we do. However, we get questions like, “Who’s 8?” or “Does the ‘8’ mean you only have 8 employees?” and the occasional “So do you make logos AND print business cards?” We need a name that speaks to what we do and actually tells a story–our story.

3. A department does not a brand make.

We want to step up to the next level, and to do that, we need to put out a clear message about who we are and what we are capable of. We are specialised, but that wasn’t the impression we were giving.

So, why Moonbox?

We drilled down on what our business is actually all about. It’s not about the nice and nifty logos; it’s not about the smooth taglines. It’s far more significant than that. We are in this game to make life better. We want people to engage with brands that improve how we see and do things. For brands to have that kind of superpower, first, they need to understand their purpose and catalyse change.

Transformation. That’s what branding is about.

The good kind of change gives you a sense of delight. It drives curiosity and inspiration, influences movement and serves as a guide. What better representation of that concept than the moon itself? Moonbox is all about capturing wonder, illumination and transformation.

What’s changed?

Apart from the look and feel, Moonbox focuses on its position as a distinct brand under Element 8 Group. We believe that having a unique identity is essential for us to carve out our own niche and be more competitive. We want to make the message clear and straightforward—we are not the branding department of a website development agency. We are an independent entity with its own area of expertise. To find out more, check out our About page.

How’s the rebrand going to affect your ongoing branding project?

Not much, really–other than it will become more awesome from here on out. While we are becoming a distinct entity, we are not flying solo. Moonbox is still part of Element 8 Group, and everything in the background is business as usual. The agreements we’ve signed as Element 8 will still be honoured, along with any invoices/receipts and documents.

We’re Moonbox, but you’re the real star!

We know you’ve read thank-you notes all your life but all of this would not have been possible without your support. Everything we’ve done is in service of transformation, and we hope that through our collaboration, we’ve helped kick-start a positive change in your organisation. In the future, we hope to make even bigger waves for your brand as we expand our capabilities as a team.

As our tagline goes, we invite you to capture wonder and make life better for all.

No matter what the size of your business, the importance of a clear and consistent brand identity applies to you. Without a brand strategy, you risk selling products and services to a market that has no clear vision of who you are. This can eventually weaken your brand’s audience connection.  Studies say that brands with strong reputations have 31% higher shareholder returns. Such organizations also have a more engaged workforce which can help a brand grow by three to four times faster than its competitors. Seeing just how worthwhile branding is, let us look at some crucial branding mistakes to avoid:

1) Not having brand guidelines

With well-established brand guidelines, you can properly organize your content on your website, social pages, and other properties. A cohesive brand styling guide helps create consistent messaging across all channels. With a brand guide, customers are likely to be confused about what your business stands for. It could also undermine the trustworthiness of your brand. Keep in mind the tone, voice, and writing style of your brand while creating a guideline. Fonts, color schemes, and proper logo placement are other visual elements that strengthen your brand identity.

2) Overspending on product development

While product and marketing departments are different business units, product departments are often more trusted by stakeholders compared to the marketing units. This leads to higher budgets allotted to them, while marketing teams are required to prove positive ROIs for every activation they run. In cases where marketing teams request additional spends, they rarely get approval. They are also the first to be hit by company-wide budget cuts. Together, these factors lead to companies disproportionately spending on product development with budgets for communication activities lagging behind.  A strong brand reminds your customer why they should buy your product. Without this support, brands tend to experience a decline in customer loyalty and retention.

3) Targeting everyone or anyone

Any brand that thinks ‘everyone’ is their target audience is set to make a huge mistake. Focusing on everyone or the wrong audience means your brand has generic messaging. This further translates to low engagement and no sales.  Make sure to pick the right target audience for your brand. Ask yourself some of the following questions to define your target audience:

• How old is your audience?
• What are their interests?
• What are their needs?
• What is their income?
• What are they located?

Now that you know what to avoid to build a strong brand, here are some practices to strengthen your brand:

1. Focus on one brand at a time. Generate brand awareness and don’t launch other brands till one brand is well into the brand advocacy stage.
2. Spend time to make your brand popular. It is vital to have a good product, but never assume it will reach your audience on its own. By cutting your marketing budget you are actually reducing your business size in the long run.
3. Create and maintain a wide range of branding assets and apply them where possible.

Creating and maintaining an effective brand isn’t something that can happen overnight as it involves consistency and dedication. We hope you’ll use the tips from this post and get one step closer to making sure your brand identity and messaging are on point.

Packaging is one of the most effective tools for brands not only to attract customers but also to build brand loyalty along with buyers. It is hard to understand that when the world has become technologically advanced, why are brands still sticking to the age-old packaging options with little to no creativity or technical advancement.  With the availability of cutting-edge digital solutions for packaging like NFC (near field communication) and RFID (radio frequency identification), brands still rely on simple packaging that is almost the same as it used to be 10 or even 15 years ago. Brands can incorporate NFC and RFID in the packaging to engage the buyers in an exciting manner. When this adaptation can bring unbounded brand loyalty coupled with thrill among buyers, there have to be multiple reasons behind rooting for simplistic packaging.  Before we discuss the topic of intelligent packaging in detail, let us first try to understand the current state of basic packaging around the globe.

Packaging in the Past 10 Years 

Be it a pack of biscuits, a bag of chips, or even a mobile phone that evolved from the keypad to touch; all of it still comes in similar packaging as it used to over 15 years ago. You might notice the changes in colors, branding, or even the design of the packaging. In some cases, you might even find a slight change in the material used for packaging. However, there is no substantial change.  One noticeable change in mobile phone packaging could be the fact that the box of the phones are much easier to open now, as you just have to hold the lid and the bottom part slides down. However, this convenient packaging is only limited to mobile phones. Products like tablets still make the buyers struggle to get the box opened. Even though the technology is moving at a much faster rate, there is almost no innovation when it comes to packaging.

Why Do Brands Shy Away From the Idea of Intelligent Packaging? 

As per Udo Paneka, the reason for not adopting intelligent packaging has more to do with a lack of awareness instead of a lack of interest. In his recent article, he has pointed out the following mistakes that brands make when it comes to packaging decisions:

• Brands often forget that the consumer packaged goods industry revolves around packaging. This common mistake leads to additional mistakes.
• Brands do not consider the packaging responsiveness of their products, and often don’t realize the impact of even slight changes in the packaging.
• Most of the time, while planning a product innovation, they do not consider the costs of packaging, which often leads to budget constraints or surprise expenses.
• It is often noticed that the marketing departments are clueless about packaging and their briefs are faulty or wrong.

Understandably, the state of packaging is poor and companies have to pay attention to their packaging to beat the competition and retain customers. Incorporating intelligent packaging could be costly at present, but it is sad to notice that such packaging is not even available for premium products. The worst part is that companies are not even trying to bring creative ideas.  If you wish to discuss more on this subject, feel free to reach out to our experts!

About a year ago, one of the prospective clients approached us and said:

“We have to launch next week. We can’t delay. Let’s start with the current branding ideas, and we will keep changing things as we move forward.”

We could not allow that to happen because branding is not a one-off thing that you can change every now and then. It is rather one of the key aspects of your business that have to remain the same for several years, if not for life.  The main reason for sticking to one brand identity is to strengthen brand recognition among customers. Changing it time and again would destroy the whole purpose of the branding process. Therefore, it is crucial to properly plan and selectively choose every aspect of your branding process.

What do you think was the response of our team? 

Of course, we could not deny it! This was a big project. Our team arranged a meeting with the client and explained to them the whole scenario and how this could be a disaster.  Let us have a look at some of the key visual elements that businesses have to consider while drafting an effective brand identity:

The Logo

Your logo becomes the visual representation of your brand, and it is engraved on, literally, everything! You might have to go through several changes to get that one logo that best represents your brand and all that it stands for, but it will be totally worth it!

Color Palette 

Choose the colors that reflect the personality of a brand. For example, you would like to select bright colors when you open a toy store, but you need to pick highly sophisticated colors while selling cosmetics.  It is also better to choose only a few colors and use them throughout their logo, images, designs, and even texts. Moreover, this strategy also helps in building brand recognition. Won’t “red” come to your mind when you hear “Air Arabia”?

Typography 

It is a fancy term for “Fonts”! Just like the colors, you need to pick your fonts carefully because it affects how the audience perceives your brand. Again, for a toy store, you can select fonts like Comic Sans, but you have to be very selective while picking a font for a Cosmetic brand.

Images and Layout

Just like all the aspects discussed above, the images you use must align with the whole theme of your brand. A sophisticated monotone image with a backdrop of London Street will not look good in a blog of your Toy Store’s website. However, the same might look great on a business website. With all this settled, the last thing that you have to focus on is the layout and whether it aligns with the whole branding strategy or not.  That’s it! You are all settled and good to go!  If you are wondering about the project, we still got it! However, our team of superhumans had to put up a lot of extra effort to complete the project before its launch.

Need help with your branding? We are just a message away!

In-depth insights that could be a game-changer in terms of ROI Before we dive deep into the topic, let us first clear out the basics:

So, who are millennials? 

Typically, the people born between the years 1980 and 2000 are referred to as millennials or Gen Y. They are the first generation to be familiar with digital technology and still constitute a huge percentage of the total internet usage across the world.

Why do you need to target them? 

If millennials like something, they buy it! The same might not be the case with their parents or Gen Z. Their parents either prefer counsel before they make a buying decision or they avoid spending money. In the case of Gen Z, they usually need money and permission from their parents. So, in short, targeting millennials generates more ROI.

Does this mean that they are spend thrifts? 

No, definitely not! They are, in fact, the most informed and smart buyers. They not only research the product or service but also consider the pricing, discounts, ratings, etc before making a purchase.

How to Build Millennial Brand Relevance? 

Millennials don’t prefer watching TV. Instead, they choose to watch web series and movies ad-free. They even pay to the video streaming platforms for uninterrupted entertainment. Therefore, advertising through television is not a good idea. Newspapers are also ruled out because their mobiles show them all the news much faster.  In short, the best medium to target millennials is through the internet. However, there are multiple brands in your industry that are targeting the same millennials like you. So, what can you do to grab their attention and stand out from your competitors? Begin with these:

Understand What Kind of Experience Do Millennials Expect

The current marketing scenario is completely different from what it used to be. Brands are going out of their way to offer great experiences. This has significantly raised the expectations of the millennials.  They prefer brands that offer a personalized experience while offering easy communication. Moreover, they feel more drawn towards brands that share the immersive content that inspires, educates, or entertains them.

Focus on Moment Marketing and Make Them Laugh 

Many brands like Zomato and Netflix are leveraging the power of ‘moment marketing’ and ‘meme marketing’ to attract millennials and Gen Z. Their strategy is working tremendously well, especially to build brand awareness, because millennials love to share such content and talk about it. Gen Y and Z even follow brands that share this type of content.

Remember, They Don’t Have Time

Millennials don’t seem to have much time or attention span. They don’t like spending too much time on long-form content. Instead, they like to consume multiple pieces of short content. This is one of the main reasons why Insta Reels and Tik Tok have gained so much popularity.  These are some aspects that you must start working on immediately to make your brand relevant to millennials. For more insights on millennial brand relevance, feel free to reach out to us!  Branding By 8, is a specialized branding agency based in Dubai. We can help transform your brand.

Visit Brandingy8.com today, to find out how we can help with your Brand!

How do you track down the best branding agencies in Dubai? When your business needs to stand out from the crowd, how do you find the branding agency which stands out from the crowd for you? We’ve identified 5 common traits of the best branding agencies in Dubai. Assess each agency in these terms and you’ll quickly get a good idea of which is right for you.

1. Creativity

Creativity is the life blood of incredible branding. It is creativity which breathes life in to your brand, makes it shine and captures your audience’s attention. Without creativity, a branding agency is never going to make your brand as powerful as it can be. Creativity is difficult to measure. However, there are some ways you can identify if a branding agency ticks the creativity box. Start with their website. Is it striking and memorable? If so, dig deeper. What about the words, messages and imagery within? Are they characterful, individual and energised? If so, dig deeper still. Head to their portfolio and check out examples of their work. Look for examples which reflect the very different nature of different clients. Again, assess each one for what the brand makes you feel and think.

2. Digital literacy

Don’t take it for granted that a marketing agency is a digital pro. They need to know how to play the digital game. Your branding agency should be your partner in crime here. The best branding agencies in Dubai have deep-level knowledge of the digital marketing world. They have their finger on the pulse of what is possible and what works well. For example, they know the trends in social media or the algorithm changes from Google. It’s vital that your brand is capable of working seamlessly in the digital world and that digital literacy should be led by your chosen agency.

3. Communicative staff

Branding is so much more personal than most businesses realise. Getting your brand consistent and in tune with your business – whether that’s with a new website, content updates, PPC ads or through other elements – largely comes down to your relationship with your branding agency. Therefore, communicative friendly staff who are interested in your business and your objectives is essential. The staff within the agency should have collective knowledge and experience which complements each other. They should communicate effectively with you and with each other. The best branding agencies in Dubai take the time to get to know each and every client. They listen and they learn. They welcome feedback and through a relationship built on trust and dedication, they deliver.

4. Perfectionism

The best branding agencies are made up of a team of perfectionists! While in other industries it may be necessary to make do or compromise on perfection, the opposite is true where your brand is concerned. It’s not enough to simply be creative and digitally literate if you don’t execute branding efforts with accuracy. Perfect execution is where many branding agencies fall down. They put in the time and effort at the earliest stages and then errors let them down at the end. Your branding team should care, really care, about getting things right first time and every time. Again, dig deep in to their client portfolio and you’ll soon get a feel for accuracy in execution.

5. Online presence

Perhaps the easiest way to get to grips with the best branding agencies in Dubai is to look at the agency’s own online presence. The leading branding agencies always have an impressive digital presence. Head to their social media profiles and check out how active and brand-focused they are. Hop from one platform to another and think about whether they are consistent, while also appealing to different audiences. Crucially, you’re looking to see if the branding agency itself is making a strong impact digitally. If they can take care of their own brand then they can take care of yours too. Don’t be afraid to dig below the surface when assessing different branding agencies in Dubai. The best will always actively encourage it and let their capabilities speak for themselves. The right branding agency can be the difference between success and failure, growth and stagnation. We are exceptionally proud to be one of the best branding agencies in Dubai.

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