{"id":4691,"date":"2023-03-20T22:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T03:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/?p=4691"},"modified":"2024-02-21T11:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T16:07:51","slug":"my-personal-brand-style-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/my-personal-brand-style-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"My Personal Brand Style Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past few months, I have started re-branding my site and materials related to my social media. I took cues from topographic maps after buying some custom keycaps<\/a> for my mechanical keyboard. The topographic maps give texture to the graphics and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My personal branding is important. After the refresh, I wanted to solidify the branding with fonts, colors, and various usage cases. It’s common for a company to have brand guides, voice guides, and writing style guides. They do it because many people touch the brand, and they want everyone to speak and design with a standard. I did the same with my own personal brand, as I wanted to create a cohesive story and maintain consistency. By doing so, I can establish trust with visitors and be more successful in reaching my goals.

The style guide includes logos, fonts, colors, and various other elements that define my brand identity.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I’ve got the fonts and colors outlined. I aim to move to have more people work with me on my content and graphics. I want to have a foundation, so as I add others to help support the brand and the work I am creating, they know how I want everything to look. Making sure the content and visuals match is important to me. I’m also working on putting together a style guide that outlines voice and tone. This will ensure consistency throughout all of our content going forward. It’s time-consuming, but I’m confident it will be worth it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had new OG images created for the site with the total branding and new stylings. This was created all by one designer on my team, but shows how I can keep the branding consistent across material easily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can download the whole brand guide here<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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