Better Branding Course – Caroline Winegeart
The Better Branding Course is a self-paced, online video course that will give you the freedom to bring your ideas to life. I’m going to teach you my unique process for uncovering your brand story, turning that into a strong brand concept, and finally, translating that concept into beautiful visuals that authentically convey the right tone for your brand.
I want to help you build a business that supports the life you dream of. And beautiful, authentic branding is your ticket to that. Let’s get started, shall we?
What You’ll Learn In Better Branding Course
The course is separated into four main modules of content, each with a number of individual lessons.
Introduction
What you can expect from this course
- Lesson 0.1 – Welcome!
Some background on my story and why I created the course - Lesson 0.2 – About The Course
What you can expect, and how to take full advantage of all the course has to offer - Lesson 0.3 – The Power of Branding
Why authentic branding matters and how it can affect your business, plus what exactly we’ll create together throughout the course
Module 1: Story
Uncovering what makes you one-of-a-kind
- Lesson 1.1 – Intro To Brand Story
What the heck is a brand story and how do you find yours - Lesson 1.2 – Owning Your Origin Story
What led you to create your business and what parts of your past can help make you stand out - Lesson 1.3 – Clarifying Your Business Foundation
Getting clear on the who, the what, the how and the WHY of your business so that your branding is in line with your business fundamentals - Lesson 1.4 – Defining Your Brand Beliefs & Values
How to figure out what your brand stands for and what it cares about
Module 2: Concept
Translating your unique story into a concise brand foundation
- Lesson 2.1 – Intro To Brand Concept
Why it’s important to have a strong conceptual basis before you develop visuals for your brand - Lesson 2.2 – Developing Your Brand Canvas
Pulling together the various elements of your brand story and turning it into a strong brand perception - Lesson 2.3 – Establishing Your Tone Words
Selecting the five words that will become the basis of your brand - Lesson 2.4 – Building A Visual Vocabulary
Understanding how tone words translate to visual design elements - Lesson 2.5 – Creating A Mood Board
How to pull together the right inspiration images to set a powerful aesthetic as a jumping off point for your visual identity
Module 3: Execution
Translating your concept into a visual Brand Identity
- Lesson 3.1 – Intro To Brand Execution
What elements make up a Brand Identity and how can you begin to create your brand system - Lesson 3.2 – Typography
Understanding what gives typefaces their personality, how to pick the right ones for your brand, and when/how to use typefaces throughout your branding - Lesson 3.3 – Color
How many colors do you need for your brand and how to develop a palette that is versatile and authentic to you - Lesson 3.4 – Graphic Elements
Illustrations, icons, graphic shapes – they all can pull your entire brand together into something that is unique and cohesive - Lesson 3.5 – Logos
Once we have the basic parts of your brand, beginning to build a logo becomes much easier! Logo best practices and variations you’ll need - Lesson 3.6 – Photography
Where to look for great photos and how to develop a consistent aesthetic for blog posts images, web design and social media - Lesson 3.7 – Creating Your Brand Board
Pulling it all together in a Brand Board so you can see how your brand elements work together and balance each other
Module 4: Activation
Implementing your new brand system into a website design you’re proud to show off (using Squarespace)
- Lesson 4.1 – Intro To Brand Activation
Fantastic branding is only helpful to your business if you USE IT! - Lesson 4.2 – Getting Acquainted With Squarespace
A walkthrough of the Squarespace dashboard and basic functionality - Lesson 4.3 – Website Structure
Creation of a site map so that you can start to organize your website content - Lesson 4.4 – Page Layouts
How to structure content on your page so that it’s interesting and digestible to your website visitors - Lesson 4.5 – Branding Your Home Page
How to integrate your brand elements into your home page design - Lesson 4.6 – Branding Your Social Media Presence
Creating banners and profile images that carry your brand seamlessly through to your social profiles - Lesson 4.7 – Launching Your Brand!
A launch plan to build excitement and buzz around your newly updated brand!
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