Enduring Charm of Brochure Design
- Kreativ Ideas
- March 5, 2024
- 1:42 pm
Many people wonder if print is still relevant in a world increasingly dominated by digital media and technology.
The answer to this is – it is still relevant in 2024 as it was some seventy to eight years back.
Print Marketing continues to play its role and continues to remain as a vital part of the marketing mix.
If you still nurture a doubt on this, hear what American novelist and short story writer, Bonnie Jo Campbell had to say about the effect of brochure, “I didn’t actually figure out how to get guidance, so I just decided to go to school at University of Southern California because they sent me a glossy brochure.”
Simply put, nothing can match the experience and joy of holding something in your hand. That’s the effect a glossy brochure has on you. Besides, it provides complete information about your brand and offerings; and can be easily distributed.
Whether your business relates to automotive or hospitality or travel or fashion, industry, brochures that gives your customers’ the joy of interacting with your brand physically will always retain its charm. This is where you can count on top Brochure Designers in Navi Mumbai to help design such a brochure.
In this blog post, leading Brochure Design Agency in Navi Mumbai, Kreativ Ideas explains what you need to look for when selecting the best brochure designers in Navi Mumbai or anywhere else in India and abroad.
WHY YOU NEED A BROCHURE DESIGN AGENCY?
If you want a Brochure Design that is designed with your audience in mind to promote your products/services, stoke interest among them for your brand, and finally, help bring in new business opportunities, then its text and tone should appeal to your audience.
Different target—audiences react differently to different tones in brochures.
WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR?
Here is what you need to look for when looking to choose the best Brochure Design Agency in Navi Mumbai or anywhere else.
FULL RANGE OF DESIGN SERVICES
Your choice should ideally be a full-service brochure design agency that offers the complete range of highly creative brochure design services under one roof. Aside from the usual array of services, the agency should also be able to provide high-end printed brochures and dynamic interactive digital publications.
A Brand design agency offers the expertise and kn0whow of skilled graphic designers, content creators, photographers, and translators.
The work process goes as follows,
- Interaction with your team and taking brief for your brochure.
- Development of different concepts for brochure design.
- Communication of design concepts to your team.
- Short-listing of concepts factoring in brand alignment, typography, and layout.
- Work on selected concept, ensuring that copy and imagery align perfectly for an engaging read.
DIGITAL BROCHURE
Many businesses today increasingly prefer an impactful digital brochure compared to the traditional brochure.
What makes digital brochures a hot favorite is they induce faster responses through user-interaction; and can be emailed or hosted or even downloaded.
The agency should be able to offer digital brochures of
- Different file sizes.
- Different readable formats like Digital PDF Brochures; Interactive PDF Brochures; and Digital Online Brochures.
Additionally, ensure that the agency you choose
- Creates visual content that captivates the readers.
- Knows how to use different software programs for creating digital brochures.
- Uses digital tools that adhere to design principles like balance, contrast, and hierarchy. If done accordingly, it will help to effectively capture readers’ attention and convey your brand message.
Ultimately, your digital brochure should present your offerings in an engaging and professional way.
CONTENT CREATION
No brochure design can generate an effect on readers without appropriate content to back it.
Your choice of agency should be able to re-purpose or re-write existing content and create engaging new ones in your preferred tone of voice
PRINT FINISHES & EFFECTS
Printed brochures still count for a lot.
For an impactful printed brochure, make sure that the agency knows which materials and finish to chose for your brochure
GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF DESIGN & INTER-RELATED ASPECTS
Your brochure should be designed for your audience.
A good brochure design agency understands this well and also knows that your brochure can be successful only when its design and layout is used to its full potential.
Hence, before designing your brochure, they
- Study and understand your audience’s preferences and perspectives.
- Brainstorm on what will work to engage your audience and earn the desired responses.
- Know what will and how to captivate and communicate with your audience?
- Know which design software works well to bring design ideas to life and create visually pleasing text.
By keeping your target-audience in mind, they move forward with your brochure design and deliver a high-class innovative design with a cohesive visual identity that effectively communicates your message to your audience and build a strong brand image.
IMAGES
Just as your brochure is a powerful way to represent your business, images in brochure are likewise a powerful way to represent your information visually.
To capture viewers’ attention consistently, your brochure needs to have high-class images that are visually pleasing to the eye.
The brochure design agency should
- Use rich-quality images that
- Fits the theme of your brochure.
- Is relevant to the brochure page’s text and complement your brochure’s overall message.
- Enhances the overall look of your brochure.
- Conveys your message accurately.
- Place images in the brochure in a way that
- Allows for easy printing and reproduction.
- Appears visually attractive and also easy to understand.
- Avoid the use of images that appear as if they have been picked from the Internet.
CALL-TO-ACTION (CTA)
You cannot expect your brochure to be successful if it does not have an effective call-to-action (CTA).
Having an effective CTA in your brochure will encourage your audience to take the desired course of action you expect them to once they have your brochure in their hands. A professional brochure designing company will ensure your CTA is clear and concise with an effective call-to-action that convinces the brochure readers to take positive action.
Whether you want them to buy your products/services or take part in your branded game or quiz contests or sign-up for your newsletter or design packages, you can count on the professional design agency to keep your CTA visible enough to stand out from the rest of the content in your brochure.
ALL-ROUND DESIGN SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
When looking for a brochure design agency, most of them tend to give more preference to technical skills than soft skills.
The art of design is a creative process. Brochure Designing requires the designers to grasp the design concept instinctively and then quickly translate it into concrete reality.
So, when you hire a brochure design agency in Navi Mumbai or anywhere else, make sure the agency’s designers have
- Sound Analytical Skills with the ability to analyze a design problem accurately with potential solutions for it.
- Quick Problem Solving Skills. During the course of brochure designing, there are bound to be problems now and then. Smart creative designers understand well that design is all about finding solutions to problems. Having strong problem solving skills will help to quickly come up with solutions to problems during the design process.
- Sales & Marketing Skills. A professional design agency understands well that brochures are designed primarily to ‘sell’ something (even if that something does not cost anything) and supplement sales and marketing efforts. So it is important for the designers to understand the psychology behind sales and marketing and what is needed for that something to sell well.
- Robust Resource Management Skills. The design agency should be competent enough to manage resources, whether that’s design equipments & tools or finances or time, productively and minimize wastage. This will help to keep design projects on time and under budget, factors that will indicate how successful the design agency is perceived by customers.
A brochure design agency that offers the right blend of technical skills and soft skills will be better equipped to meet your requirements and make that difference that is vital for the success of your brochure design.
ABILITY TO CONCEPTUALIZE & EXECUTE
Your brochure is a powerful tool that promotes your business and help increase sales. So, it is necessary that it is well-designed to make a good impression on prospective clients.
For your brochure to be well-designed, it requires the designers to have a proper design concept; and think about how it will appear best on paper or digital, what colors and typography will help to create a visually pleasing concept, and finally, what will suitably fit into the brochure aesthetic.
Additionally, the designers should accurately
- Use design programs to set-up fundamental elements like infographics, and other graphical elements.
- Select visuals from stock art images or other outlets, and then manipulate them vide photo manipulation software like ADOBE Photoshop for editing purpose. Ultimately the visuals must effectively convey your brand message.
- Select fonts and color-choices to page layouts; and then harmoniously combine text and visuals in a pleasing format that compels the readers to read again and again.
- Curate content efficiently by ensuring only relevant information makes its way into the brochure; and selecting text, images or videos that form the crux of your brand messages.
Ultimately, the designers should be able to bring together design layout aesthetics and visuals to create attractive messaging that highlights your existing or upcoming products/services.
The final verdict is that even in 2024, Print Marketing like Brochures still continue to remain an indispensable part of a successful marketing mix for businesses of all sizes and industries including yours.
BRING FRESH PERSPECTIVES
Many companies often rely on their in-house team to craft and execute advertising campaigns, something that requires coordinated approach. But in many cases, they have led to biased opinions and a rigid standpoint on what is best for the campaign. As a result, most campaigns ended-up failing to meet the objectives they were supposed to.
Besides they also lead to missing out on bright opportunities which could otherwise help your business crack big business deals.
Like them, you too may have an in—house team of marketing professionals. There could be occasions when you may have tried everything you can think of and may be looking for a different perspective. A professional advertising agency in Navi Mumbai can provide a different perspective on multiple levels, from brainstorming new innovative campaign ideas to evaluating your advertising cum marketing strategy and target-audience.
By working with your team, they can determine if there are any areas of opportunity you may not have thought of and where exactly your marketing plan is going wrong. You will stand to benefit from a new advertising campaign that will reenergize your target-audience, and deliver positive results.
Creative agencies in Navi Mumbai not only bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the table but also bring a fresh and objective perspective that will give a unique thrust to your advertising campaigns. They bring an outside viewpoint which will open your eyes to different perspective and varied potential solutions which otherwise you will not consider perfect for your campaign and business.