Have you been given the task of creating a company Brochure, or the brochure to launch a product or promotion? You may be wondering exactly where to start on this task – how do you create a brochure that really stands out, which is noticed for all the right reasons? What’s the difference between a good brochure and a great brochure? Read our tips for creating a professional brochure that works to meet your needs and helps you build your company and meet your marketing goals.
- Know Your Purpose
Before you go about approaching printing companies, understand what exactly you want to achieve from your brochure project. Why do you need a brochure? What aim will it meet, and what will it achieve? What do you want to say? It is helpful to condense your message into a form which will be easy to portray in a brochure, which is a limited amount of space. You need to be concise, which is why it is helpful to have a clear idea of how you want this brochure to work for you.
- Know Your Fonts
When it comes to brochure printing, you are not going to need more than a few fonts, for the heading, the body copy, and the subheadings. You do not want to make things too complicated with an overuse of different fonts. Also, consider keeping the brochure in line with the rest of your corporate identity and use the fonts that are already used in your business so that your brochure matches the rest of your marketing collateral.
- Create Your Copy
Good brochure design is not all about setting images in line with the perfect fonts. Your copy needs to be smart and compelling. You need brochure copy that truly sells your product so it is a good idea to think about what you want to say before you start thinking about layout or paper. Your words often will dictate the design of the brochure. Create your headlines and your copy first so that you can work around these.
- Think About Your Market
One of the most important things to consider when you are designing a brochure is your market. Who are you writing to? Who do you want to talk to, to inform? Think about what they want and need and make sure that your brochure design and content reflects this and helps answer their needs. Design for the person and not for your boss, or for yourself. When you create marketing material that really does make a difference to a person’s life, you know that you have created the right thing.
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