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Starting a new business? Your existing identity in need of a refresh?
Or simply introducing a new product or service?
At Bate Brand we offer a full range of high-level affordable creative services to meet all of your visual communication needs. We believe that any communication you deliver, whether in print or online, should reinforce your organisation’s brand values and help to strengthen your market position.
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marketing
Without marketing your business is scuttled. No business can develop a strong brand or grow without effective marketing. If you’re planning to explore and conquer new markets, then you need the tools to do it. Good marketing material will tell your customers about you, reinforce your brand image, separate you from the competition and increase sales.
Our marketing services include:
- marketing health check
- marketing planning
- identifying and developing your marketing materials, including:
- exhibition materials
- brochures and sales leaflets
- direct mail
- point of sale
- adverts and PR material
copy writing
It is frustrating when great design is let down by poor copy writing. Good copy will help deliver your key messages with clarity helping your product or service to market faster.
Bate Brand will take the hassle and anxiety out of drafting and editing your copy for print, advertising, PR and the web. We produce customer-focused copy to grab attention and help drive sales.
If you prefer to write your own copy, our copy editing service can just add the finishing touches: enhancing, ensuring it is grammatically accurate and most importantly – readable!
Our copy writing services include:
- advertising
- commercial letters
- corporate and sales literature
- newsletter and magazine editorial services
- nutshell slogans and strap-lines
- proof reading
branding
We start with you. Your values, your goals. The way you want your products or services to be perceived, the things you want your customers to understand about you, when they hear your name or see your logo. Brand development is not just about designing an identity, as many agencies might suggest; it is so much more. At Bate, our strength is to understand and recognise the complex messages you want to convey, before beginning on design concepts.
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Our process is expert, specialised – and very simple. We have developed a friendly, informative and above all straightforward approach to developing your brand. A strong brand is the basis for a hard working marketing platform from which you can promote your products and services more effectively. We will help you ensure that your brand values, assets and business aspirations are consistently expressed in every area where you interact with stakeholders, be they customers, suppliers or staff.
Our brand services include:
- brand revitalisation and development
- branding for start-ups
- brand management
- customer research
- identity guidelines
- logotype design
- trademark registration
To see a range of our brand identity work please look here.
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Good graphic design differentiates your collateral from your competitors, moves products, sells services and helps tell your story in a compelling way that encourages your customers to engage, learn more and do business with you. The solutions we deliver are always original and stand out, but more importantly, our pragmatic approach ensures they work for business. Whether it is a simple business card, a company brochure, or a full-blown marketing campaign, we approach every project the same way – with an understanding of your brand mission and a design brief tailored to deliver your business objectives.
- advertising
- brand identity
- corporate and sales literature
- exhibitions
- magazines and newsletters
- packaging and point of sale
- vehicle livery
advertising
Whether you want to inform or sell a product or service, Bate Brand can provide the advertising solution to gain visibility and generate response. Our clients see genuine results from our advertising solutions – whether in print or online. From simple trade press advertising and online banner ads, to long-term campaigns, we will work with you to achieve your business objectives and maximise your return on investment.
Our advertising services include:
- concepts and visuals
- copy writing
- design and artwork
- photography
brand identity
Behind every successful business is a visual strong brand that differentiates the company. At Bate we excel in creating identities that work consistently across all communications to build our clients’ brand reputations.
We put as much care into researching the brief and post-design implementation as we do into designing the logotype itself. The working process we have developed is therefore inclusive, accessible and stimulating.
Our extensive knowledge of identity issues, from trade mark registration to cost-effective implementation, ensures our clients can make their decisions with confidence.
Our brand identity services include:
- brand management workshop
- concepts and logotype design
- identity development across all media
- identity guidelines
- identity implementation and evaluation
To see some examples of our brand identity work please look here.
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corporate and sales literature
Getting your company image and sales message across to your customers swiftly and with clarity is fundamental to the success of your business. By working with you and understanding your market place, your competitors and customer expectations, we can help you differentiate your services and products from the competition and ensure you deliver business focused visuals across all your printed communications.
From brochures, to catalogues, data-sheets and case studies, our writers ensure we convey the right messages in the most effective way and our creative designers ensure it projects the correct brand message and visual language. We will work closely with you to identify the target audience and desired response, then go the extra mile to ensure your print is brilliant!
Our literature design services include:
- art direction
- copy writing, editing and proof reading
- creative design concepts
- illustration and photography
- print production
- print management
To see some examples of our corporate and sales literature work please look here.
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exhibitions
Creating an exhibition that motivates audiences is a specialist skill demanding creativity and technical know-how. Bate Brand have created outstanding exhibition graphics for many businesses at national and international venues. We pride ourselves on our ability to produce exhibition materials that visually compel visitors to stop and digest the content.
Our exhibition services include:
- banner graphics
- exhibition identities and event branding
- online support
- pop-up displays
- publicity materials
- shell schemes
To see some examples of our exhibition work please look here.
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magazines and newsletters
Your organisation’s reputation is its most valuable asset for attracting and retaining both customers and employees. One of the most effective communication tools for keeping all stakeholders informed, loyal and motivated is the company magazine (journal) or newsletter, whether digital or paper-based.
Bate Brand have a track record of excellence in this field. We understand the issues our clients face in producing publications with any frequency. We offer a complete service from managing and sourcing content through to design, production and delivery ensuring your publication meets your communication and brand objectives on time and within budget.
Our magazine and newsletter services include:
- artwork and pre-press
- copy writing, copy editing and proof reading
- creative and innovative design concepts
- editorial photography
- print management and distribution
- project planning and work flow
- review and evaluation
To see some examples of our magazine and newsletter work please look here.
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packaging and point of sale
At Bate Brand we aim to understand your market place, competitors and customer buying habits. We differentiate your products from the competition and help then to ‘jump’ off the shelf.
We have extensive experience working with our clients in developing brands that are required to compete in a busy market place. We design packaging and sales tools that drive customers to your product and we know how to draw attention from the street.
Our packaging and point of sale services include:
- card engineering and prototypes
- competitor analysis
- in-store researching
- packaging design and print
- point of sale design and manufacture
- product launch support materials
To see some examples of our packaging and point of sale work please look here.
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vehicle livery
Taking your brand and advertising onto the road is a popular choice for many organisations whether running a single vehicle or a fleet. Our experience stretches from simple vinyl graphics to complex photographic digital wrap solutions.
Our vehicle livery services include:
- artwork to scale
- concepts and visuals
- installation
- photo montage mock-ups
To see some examples of our vehicle liveries work please look here.
digital
Bate Brand has been delivering a range of digital solutions for over a decade and continue to invest in new technology and bespoke digital solutions – from website design to online event promotions, content management system applications (CMS) and social media, electronic newsletters and digital magazines. We provide design excellence integrated seamlessly with highly reliable software solutions that conform to latest industry standards.
e-marketing
Reaching your customers has never been easier thanks to email marketing and online communications. Great looks, fast delivery and a low start up cost makes this an ideal media to take your products and services to market.
Bate Brand can manage your data, write your copy, supply photography and create professional looking HTML email newsletters and promotions, quickly and efficiently. We can also send all your communications safely and securely and virtually guarantee they will not get caught in the spam box or bounce back. We can monitor and feedback information on who subscribes and unsubscribe to your e-mail communications.
Alternatively you can have a go yourself and sign-up with our specialist service partner Constant Contact and follow the online instructions. Start by clicking here.
Our e-marketing services include:
- animated adverts
- blogs
- customer surveys
- e-publications: magazines, brochures and catalogues
- e-newsletters
- presentations
- social media
e-publications
e-zine publications are an eye-catching digital page turning solution that transforms static PDF files into a dynamic and user-friendly magazine offering. It offers valuable statistical insight into your readership and is completely web-based so there is no expensive software to download or hardware to purchase. You can also use the system to generate new income streams through subscriptions and advertisers. It is ideal as a hybrid promotional tool, forming a bridge between hard copy materials and e-mail.
Here are some of the benefits to your organisation:
- create an enhanced advertising package for your advertisers
- enhance the buying experience for your customers
- give your subscribers back issues or instant access to the latest issue online
- post your e-publication to other sites to bring traffic back to your business
- widen your marketplace to new customers, including overseas
If you would like to learn more about e-zine opportunities available to you then please contact us.
Our e-publications services include:
- e-zines (magazines)
- e-books
- e-brochures
- e-catalogues
search engine optimisation – SEO
With every website and online communication competing for attention your website needs to use the most up to date methods of improving search engine rankings to attract quality visitors.
Working closely with you and using specialist tools, we are able to determine the subtle but often simple changes required to enhance a website, make it more accessible to search engines and increase visitor numbers. This process may include some or all of the following services:
- content improvements to highlight relevant keywords and improve search engine visibility
- ever-refreshing content to encourage frequent search engine look ups
- generation of page titles, descriptions and keyword tags
- internet promotional tools such as event sections, blogs, news and live content feeds
- keyword research
- link development and sponsored link campaigns to highly rank the site
- purchase of additional domains and set up re-directions
- registration with online directories
- search engine reports
If you would like an SEO review to see how your website fairs in the rankings then please get in touch!
websites
Bate Brand creates striking and compelling websites by balancing style, content and usability to help you deliver on your web strategy. We see online activity as an opportunity to further develop brand awareness of your products and services.
We offer an extensive range of scaleable website solutions and we understand that a website needs to be easy to find, look good, easy to use and maintain. Our team combines designers, web developers and search engineers, whom we co-ordinate to provide the best solution for your business at the budget you are looking for.
Our website design services include:
- content management systems (CMS)
- domain name searches and registration
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- website design and build
- website hosting
- Google Analytics and reporting
- website maintenance
To see some examples of our on-line work please look here.
Photography
Bate Brand have a wealth of experience delivering photographic solutions that will enrich your literature, exhibitions and online presence. We spend as much time in developing the brief, ensuring the essence of your brand is captured, as on the day of the shoot and afterwards back in the studio ensuring the final results are picture perfect.
portrait photography
We like to think outside the box and so our approach to portrait photography is often creative and fun. Our aim is to capture who you really are, the values you hold and the brand vision you wish to portray.
pack shots
Whether you need a single pack shot or a batch of products photographed we can set up quickly and produce great images that can be applied to all aspects of communications including reports, magazines, presentations, web pages and more.
Our photographic services include:
- art direction
- corporate, architectural, product and portrait photography
- image manipulation and photo montages
- image restoration and retouching
- online picture galleries
- picture research and image sourcing
Good design is not just about creativity, it is also about carrying the creative process through to production and successful delivery. We have the knowledge, direction, capability and planning experience to co-ordinate your project from brief to final delivery.
With over 20 years experience in managing print for customers, we can either purchase print on your behalf or you can purchase your own print and we can manage the project for you – providing expert advice, quality control and support throughout the print process. Either way, designs are faithfully reproduced from the original artwork for an excellent, matched print finish.
Our printing services include:
- artwork and production workflow
- business stationery, promotional print, leaflets, brochures, folders,
- direct mail and mail fulfilment
- bespoke finishing; die cutting, folding, lamination and NEW digital embossing
- digital printing – full colour and variable data (personalized print)
- fine art printing; canvas and archival papers
- large format printing
- lithography printing in full colour (cmyk) and spot colour (Pantone)
- print sourcing, planning and management
- proofing, prototypes, trial and evaluation
- retail and point of sale
- specialist printing techniques; metallics, hexachrome printing
Please call us to discuss your print requirements; or if you prefer we can send you our latest print catalogue complete with prices and useful samples to browse.
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