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The Main Goal of Personal Branding Personal branding begins with creating a brand identity. Within the brand identity, logos, slogans, and symbols that represent the product or service the business offers are present. Personal branding differs from corporate branding by adding a more personal touch by highlighting the brand identity.

Pay Attention to What the Business Needs Throughout time, B2B marketing has been logic-based. However, many business buyers want their personal experience to be similar to a B2C purchase. Therefore, making your offers fit the buyer’s needs is important. Learning about the people you want to target and the issues

Target Audience When designing food packaging, ask yourself who you are designing for. This will help you narrow down your audience and identify the elements on the design for it to resonate with the audience. Regardless of who your audience is, your design must be eye-catching. The Type of Product

Analytics vs. Insights Analytics and insights are typically used interchangeably, even though they should not be. Analytics organize and examine data, whereas insights take it further by pinpointing patterns within the analytics. The charm of personalization is that brands can show their consumers that they are paying attention to what

Know Your Audience It is crucial for your branding to connect with your audience. Before understanding what connects with your audience, you need to know who they actually are. Some demographics to keep in mind when identifying an audience include: Age Gender Income Social ethos Environmental ethos Study Your Competitors

1. Economic Woes Will Drive More Intentional Spending Consumers are beginning to reevaluate their spending habits as prices around them rise due to inflation, increasing interest rates, and cost-of-living expenses rise. Because of these expenses, they are forced to be more intentional about how they are spending their money. As

1. Eco-Conscious Environmentally friendly products are becoming more and more important to consumers. Unfortunately, many businesses fail to recognize that environmental friendliness also includes the packaging the products come in. Studies show that consumers tend to favor companies involved with sustainable initiatives. 2. Shipping-Ready It is essential for packaging today

1. Less Text, More Video The content you post on social media cannot be text-heavy. Chances are, your audience will not read an entire block of text; if they do, they will think you need to get to the point. Therefore, every post you put out should have a video

Logo Design There is far more that goes into a logo than what meets the eye. Logo design needs more than just the simple basics to be optimal. There are three things that a log can be summarized: Icon Font Color 1. Choosing a Graphic that Suits the Brand When

1. Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a growing technology that is solving many problems and helping build products in many industries. AI has developed from being seen as an incredibly complex technology used for only specific projects to becoming used in many marketing technologies. Due to the increasing availability

Become a Brand A well-designed brand identity helps make your business’s mission and purpose clear. This is important because you want your audience to know why they should buy from you instead of a competitor. Quality design transitions your business from being just a product or service to a brand.

Define Your Goals Before you get too far into researching different web design agencies, you must define your goals and what you want your website to accomplish. Once you have a better idea about what you want from your website, you can search for a web design agency specializing in

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Tom Foerstel : Founder & President

Tom Foerstel

Founder & President

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60’s, Tom developed a strong desire to create positive change for people and planet.

He went on to pursue his passion for art and design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and worked for design firms in Southern California before moving to Boise, Idaho in the early 80’s. Foerstel Design opened its doors in 1985. Since its inception, the firm has cultivated a bold, happy, forward-looking team focussed on creating distinct and effective work on behalf of their clients.

An integral part of Tom’s philosophy is giving back to the community in which he lives — a company cornerstone that drives Foerstel’s long history of providing pro-bono services to local non-profit humanitarian and arts programs.

One of Tom’s proudest personal achievements is his ability to say Supercalifragilisticexpyalidocious backwards.