Branding Strategy: Define Your Creative Edge
1h 17mGeneral2019-08-20
Authors

Nicte Cuevas
Designer, Brand Strategist
Course details
As a designer or illustrator, visually expressing ideas and concepts likely comes naturally to you. But some of the more practical aspects of launching a design business—marketing, networking, posting on social media, defining your brand, and so on—can pose a challenge. Instructor Nicte Cuevas, herself a successful designer and brand strategist, has spent years developing strategies for connecting graphic design work with audiences and leaving a lasting impression. In this course, she shares her knowledge with you. Learn powerful tools and practices that can help you eliminate doubt, define your unique creative edge, develop a brand that's true to you, and grow and nurture a community that converts into clients.
Learning objectives
Leveraging your uniqueness
Using storytelling to build your brand
Marketing your work
Building websites, blogs, and email lists
Strategically using social media
Building a community
Nurturing your clients
Asking for feedback
Learning objectives
Leveraging your uniqueness
Using storytelling to build your brand
Marketing your work
Building websites, blogs, and email lists
Strategically using social media
Building a community
Nurturing your clients
Asking for feedback
Skills covered
Personal BrandingCareer DevelopmentMarketingOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Define your creative edge
- 02 - What to expect
- 03 - The design journey
1. Start
- 04 - Eliminate doubt
- 05 - Plan before you start
- 06 - Clarity in what you do
- 07 - Define your why
- 08 - Determine your ideal client
- 09 - Use empathy relation
- 10 - Leverage your uniqueness
- 11 - Gather inspiration
2. Build
- 12 - Develop your brand
- 13 - The power of storytelling
- 14 - Market your work
- 15 - Your website
- 16 - To blog or not to blog
- 17 - Build an email list
- 18 - Leverage social media
- 19 - Focus on the right platform
- 20 - Plan your content
3. Grow
- 21 - Build a community, not followers
- 22 - Network, network, network
- 23 - Nurture your clients
- 24 - Ask for feedback
- 25 - Review and adapt
- 26 - 90-day plan of action
- 27 - Hire help
Conclusion
- 28 - Final thoughts