Seriously in Business: Brand + Design, Marketing and Business
Jul 27, 2026 · 13 min · 7 segments
You don't have to spend thousands on a brand to look like you did. But there are some things that can quietly signal "DIY" to your audience without you even realising it. In Part 2 of the Building a…
All right.
Let's talk about how you can look like an established business without an established business's budget, right? So this is part two of a series we're doing on building a brand without a big budget, and this is a really great episode.
I'm actually trying to fit a lot into this.
We're gonna cover what visual cues you can bring into your graphics to create credibility quicker, three areas that most budget brands kind of let themselves down, plus how you can audit your business and your graphics to find out what's working and what you might be missing right now.
Because like I mentioned last week, you don't necessarily have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to have a professional brand, but there are some really important things that you do need to know to do it right, and this series is covering just that.
And make sure you hang around to the end because the last question I want to share with you in the audit is going to be one that if you miss, your audience aren't going to realize that you are someone that they can trust with their hard-earned money.
So, let's dive on in.
[gentle music] So hello.
If we have not met yet, welcome to my podcast.
I am thrilled to have you here.
My name is Jackie, and I am a professional graphic designer who is obsessed with teaching everyday business owners how they can use branding, graphics, Canva to create their own incredible business graphics.
And this episode, as I mentioned, is part two in our Building a Brands Without a Big Budget series.
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All right.
Let's talk about how you can look like an established business without an established business's budget, right? So this is part two of a series we're doing on building a brand without a big budget, and this is a really great episode.
I'm actually trying to fit a lot into this.
We're gonna cover what visual cues you can bring into your graphics to create credibility quicker, three areas that most budget brands kind of let themselves down, plus how you can audit your business and your graphics to find out what's working and what you might be missing right now.
Because like I mentioned last week, you don't necessarily have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to have a professional brand, but there are some really important things that you do need to know to do it right, and this series is covering just that.
And make sure you hang around to the end because the last question I want to share with you in the audit is going to be one that if you miss, your audience aren't going to realize that you are someone that they can trust with their hard-earned money.
So, let's dive on in.
[gentle music] So hello.
If we have not met yet, welcome to my podcast.
I am thrilled to have you here.
My name is Jackie, and I am a professional graphic designer who is obsessed with teaching everyday business owners how they can use branding, graphics, Canva to create their own incredible business graphics.
And this episode, as I mentioned, is part two in our Building a Brands Without a Big Budget series.
