Creativity is the lifeblood of successful design. Developing a creative approach to your web design and marketing is key to getting your medical practice noticed – and standing out from the crowd.
Your overall web design should be a broad-scaled approach that brings creativity across all your marketing and website assets. Consistency is always key across all these and by finding the right design themes and adhering to them, you’ll be demonstrating a high level of connection throughout your marketing efforts. And it’s this type of connection that will ultimately resonate with the prospective patients you’re targeting.
Your First Step: Developing Your Logo Design
One of the most important components for your overall brand image is your logo. It is the literal picture you’re painting for your medical practice. You want your logo to reflect who you are and what you do in a style that speaks directly to your patients. At the same time, your logo also needs to be a creative expression that fits contemporary styles and does not appear outdated.
Here are a few general tips if you’re in the process of developing a new or different logo for your practice.
Remember Your Industry
Medical professionals need to maintain a certain level of care in how they present themselves and their brands. Beyond compliance to specific licensing requirements, you need to convey a sense of experience and trust in all your marketing assets. Ensure that your logo reflects this trustworthiness and a sensitivity to your prospective and current patients.
Take a Look at the Competition
While you shouldn’t blindly follow or copy your competitors, it’s important to assess the competition. Have a look at other medical practices related to your specialty and assess their logo designs. Look for trends or other similarities that may convey that aforementioned level of trust and patient care. From there, develop a logo that’s original and unique to your practice while instilling confidence in the people who are or who may become your patients.
Keep Things Simple (but Catchy)
The best logos don’t lose themselves in complex or overly busy designs. Instead, they reflect the business in a manner that shows more than it tells. How you achieve this objective will vary based on your own practice, your style preferences and the precise image you want to convey to your patients.
Remember the Mobile
Don’t forget that many prospective patients and other interested parties may be seeing your logo on a smaller platform. Mobile phones and tablets are becoming increasingly common. Your logo should reflect this by remaining visible – even on small screens. Even better, rescale your logo when your site rescales for mobile viewing.
Ensure Your Logo Works with Other Outlets
Beyond your website, you need to make sure that your logo remains usable for all the other areas of your business operations. A few examples of this include the following:
- Social Profile Cover Designs
- Digital Banners
- Marketing & Advertising Material
- PDFs, Patient Invoices & Other Records like Referrals
Finding the Style Solution for Your Creative Needs
Finally, it’s important to note that your style needs to be 100% your own. As a medical professional, you’ll want to establish yourself as an experienced and reputable professional. But you also need to establish your own individuality that helps to make you stand out from everyone else.
This type of standout approach is achieved through the creative design choices of your website, logo and social media outlets. The true challenge here is in finding your own individual style but this is often easier said than done.
The good news is that there are experienced professionals who can help. The Gaswerx provides client-focused design solutions, customised to your specific business objectives. And with an impressive amount of specialisation in the medical field, we understand just how to deliver the right mix of dynamic creativity and trustworthiness to ensure your brand is a success.
Contact The Gaswerx today to learn more about what options are available to achieve all your creative branding and marketing objectives.