Canny Creative
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The Canny design blog focuses on branding, website design, marketing, and content. We write thought pieces, share tips and tricks to help our readers get results. Canny Creative is a graphic and web design agency based in Newcastle.
Canny Creative
5d ago
The success of any event lies in effective event promotion.
If people don’t know your event is happening, they’re not going to attend.
But this sounds easier than it is.
With so many channels available to you, how do you make sure your event promotion hits the mark?
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It’s not enough to just blast every channel with a simple announcement of the event date and time in the hope that people will put it in their calendar and loyally attend ..read more
Canny Creative
1w ago
Marketing event planning is key to the success of your next event.
Without having a clear understanding of what you want to achieve and the strategy in place to make sure this happens, it’s a hefty use of time and resources for no reason.
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Marketing events are designed to increase your brand exposure so that ultimately, you win more clients.
However, this doesn’t just ‘happen’, otherwise every company in the world would just attend a ..read more
Canny Creative
2w ago
Conducting a website workshop is key for any business, as your website is often a customer’s first point of contact with you.
It’s important to remember that your website is much more than just its design and layout.
Fundamentally, it’s about the user experience—how visitors perceive, interact, and respond to your website, ultimately driving them to engage.
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However, achieving a seamless and impactful website requires strategic pla ..read more
Canny Creative
1M ago
Choosing the best marketing budget software can be difficult as there’s so many options available.
This makes finding the right tool that combines functionality with user-friendliness key, as you want to feel confident that you’re able to use it and draw the right insights when reporting to your senior team.
The whole point of marketing budget software is to help you identify which areas you are spending money in so that you can make informed decisions and optimise your marketing strategies in the future.
In this blog, we’re comparing the best marketing budget software available, delving into ..read more
Canny Creative
1M ago
Building a marketing forecast allows you to make informed and educated decisions about the effectiveness of future strategies within a specific target market.
By conducting marketing research and collating data from previous campaigns, you can gather enough insight to forecast how future initiatives will work.
The Marketing Report Template
When it comes to analysing the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns, you need a marketing report you can rely on...
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Whilst no marketer on earth can be 100% sure of the effectiveness of any campaign, they can feel confident in their deci ..read more
Canny Creative
1M ago
In the world of marketing where trends change all of the time and competition is more fierce than ever, marketing budget management is key.
But it is not just about how much you spend; it’s about where you spend it and why.
It’s very easy to plug money into different areas just because everyone else is doing it without really understanding if it’s beneficial for your business.
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When it comes to analysing the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns, you need a marketing report you can rely on...
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At Canny, we monitor our marketing activity through ..read more
Canny Creative
1M ago
In today’s marketplace where customers have endless choices, investing in brand development means more than just visibility – it is a critical strategy that helps brands differentiate their offering so that they are competitive and stay competitive.
Consumers are often bombarded with options when it comes to buying just about anything, so the challenge for brands is not just to be seen, but to be memorable, and to resonate on a level that goes beyond the physicality of their products or services.
Brand Strategy Made Simple
Developing a brand strategy is no easy task. It's something we've see ..read more
Canny Creative
2M ago
Last time you made a purchase, a brand archetype would have had an influence on your decision.
View this archetype as a silent storyteller who is subtly guiding your decision-making process, encouraging you to choose one brand over another.
For example:
Are you bold and daring? Enter The Outlaw brand archetype.
Are you all about having fun and living in the moment? Enter The Jester brand archetype.
As consumers, we often find ourselves drawn to certain brands, but why?
Is it the snazzy slogan or advertising copy? The attraction we feel to a certain brand is not by chance, but by design. Behind ..read more
Canny Creative
3M ago
Running a branding workshop is key for any business, and if you haven’t already run one before, then you definitely should.
Remember:
Your brand is a lot more than just your logo.
Essentially it’s how customers think, feel, and act whenever they come into contact with your brand,and it should drive them to take action.
However, achieving this is a different story.
It relies on you having:
Strong brand positioning
Defined audience persona
Compelling brand messaging
And these are just some of the things we’re going to cover below in branding exercises to ensure you’ve considered each part of y ..read more
Canny Creative
3M ago
As a brand grows and develops, establishing a brand architecture becomes increasingly important.
With the introduction of more brands, products, and services, companies need to work out how these all fit together within the top-level brand or it can become very confusing.
The need for a clear brand architecture is important for both employees and customers, as everyone needs to understand the relationship between the different brands and how they relate to one another.
The Branding Brief Template
The Branding Brief Template is a free template that will help you get the brief for your brandin ..read more