Start up Businesses
Low cost - High value, strategically planned branding
If you are thinking of starting up a business it can feel very daunting. There is a huge amount to organise, develop, plan and pay for. We started from scratch and know exactly what is entailed in terms of investment, commitment, hard work and planning. Most importantly we know that creating, developing and maintaining a brand takes planning and a well thought out, flexible design. If you want to be taken seriously in business, it is important that your brand communicates the right messages. Customers and clients, whether they consciously do it or not, are constantly evaluating the way your business presents itself and the message you put to them as consumers.
With your input, our design skills and the relevant market research, Stonfern will provide you with a design that will build quality and integrity into your brand and loyalty and motivation into your customers. Stonefern can provide you with a series of tailored start up packages to suit your individual business requirements. You may just need some business cards and a logo, or you may wish to have a full stationary package, signage, website, livery, adverts, promos, brouchures, media, print, interactive and publicity material. Stonefern can design, specify and supply it all under one roof.
Logo Design
The single most crucial aspect of graphic design
A great logo is what makes your brand stand out in the market place. It will help customers to instantly recognise your product and backed up with a strong set of design standards for your brand will ensure a built in quality that inspires loyalty and motivation in your customer base. Simplicity is always our goal when it comes to logo development. They say 'great design is simple' and that's what makes it so hard to achieve... Fortunately we spend all our time designing and perfecting our skills to enable us to deliver you with the best possible logo that reflects your brand in the strongest possible way.
New Start up packages
Fully tailored packages to suit your business and budget
We can advise you on the best package to suit your start up and will never advise you to purchase products that are not going to help getting your business moving. All you really need to get started is a logo, mobile phone and some business cards. But there are many more things to consider if you want to be seen as a professional business. We can help you design websites, publicity material, branding clothing, press adverts, stationary, vehicle graphics, promotional products, signage, social media campaigns and much much more.
Design Standards
Helping to maintain brand guardianship
Design standards are an essential element of any business brand. They help to maintain brand guardianship when the brand is to be implemented across a wide range of mediums. There is no point in paying a designer to produce a strong cohesive brand for your business if the model is not going to be followed. It is essential that key design elements and the message of a brand are not diluted or altered by third parties who may be supplying your business. This is where a strong set of design guidelines is essential. It also gives a business the opportunity to introduce its personality, voice and appearance to its employees and in turn train them to all portray the same company ethos to your customer base. Manuals can cover everything from typography and signage specifications to dress code and company messages.
Print and Livery
The cheapest and most reliable forms of information advertising
When starting up a business, print and livery can be amongst the most cost effective forms of advertising. Stonefern can advise, design and supply low cost print solutions to get your name into the marketplace. From flyers to posters and everything inbetween, Stonefern can design, specify, produce and deliver everything to your doorstep.
Vehicle graphics on average are seen by approximately 3000 other road users (as long as you leave the driveway!) As a return on investment they are the most cost effective form of advertising, and as it happens our favourite kind of instruction. We work in partnership with Sign-a-Rama, a nationwide vehicle graphics company to provide everything from unique one off designs to fleet roll outs. We work from exact wireframe designs and have a database of over 9000 vehicles, so you can be guaranteed that your approved mocks-up will be implemented perfectly.
Advertising
Getting your brand and products out there
For years we have been supplying design for press. Each publication has slightly different specifications and requirements and Stoneferns knowledge of this medium means we can help deliver creative and sharp press designs that will lift your advert off the page from those around it. Every company needs to attract new customers as well as new business constantly, and we can also provide direct mail, posters, point of purchase displays, billboards, signage and much much more to help get your message across.
