How Google Reviews Can Help Your Business Get Found Online (And What to Do About It) Now more than ever, your online reputation is more important than ever, and one of the easiest ways to boost it is through Google Reviews. Not only do reviews help potential customers trust your business, but they also play […]
Categorised: News, WordPress
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 26, 2025
Why Designing Custom Business Cards Is Key First impressions matter; a good business card can make all the difference. Whether meeting a potential client, networking at an event, or simply leaving your details behind, a well-designed custom business card helps you stand out. It’s a small but powerful tool that represents your brand’s identity and […]
Categorised: Business Cards
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
What are the Benefits of a Brand Audit? A strong and consistent brand is more important than ever for success. Your brand isn’t just a logo or a tagline; it’s people’s perception of your business. That’s why a brand audit is so valuable. Whether you’re just starting, you have an established business, or you’re thinking […]
Categorised: Branding Workshops
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 6, 2025
Why Bother With a Professionally Designed Business Card? In an ever-increasing digital workplace, where online networking and virtual connections dominate, the humble business card remains a powerful tool for making lasting impressions. A well-designed business card conveys essential contact information and represents your brand’s identity and professionalism. Whether you are a start-up, a freelancer, or […]
Categorised: Business Cards
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
How a Branding Workshop Can Drive Real Business Growth A strong brand is like having a best mate in the market; it builds loyalty and separates you from the competition. If you want to create a powerful brand, attend a branding workshop. These aren’t just meetings; they’re immersive experiences that help businesses clarify their brand […]
Categorised: Branding Workshops
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 13, 2025
Branding Workshop for Business Growth To stay ahead of the competition, businesses need a strong, memorable identity that resonates with their audience. A well-run branding workshop is the key to achieving this, giving insight into brand strategy, development, and positioning. Through strategic discussions and creative exercises, you can refine your brand identity and create an […]
Categorised: Branding Workshops
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Small businesses’ design needs are as broad and varied as global brands, so could a design subscription be the answer to their requirements?
Categorised: Full Service Design | Tags: Budgeting
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Are you paying too much for design services?
Categorised: Resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
There is a presumption that if a marketing promotion is not ‘digital,’ it is redundant or backward thinking.
Categorised: Marketing | Tags: Digital
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
Everything changes, but the rate of change in how design agencies are commissioned has been incredible over the last few years.
Categorised: Marketing
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 6, 2025
Finding the right design agency can be guaranteed by asking just five questions. Answer these before you even start looking at design agencies.
Categorised: Resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Designing magazines can be a daunting task for some; avoid some common pitfalls with our helpful guide.
Categorised: Magazine design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 18, 2025
When it comes to creating effective packaging design, it is essential to consider both Form and Function.
Categorised: Food, Strategy and Planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 3, 2025
Choose the design agency that suits the company you are going to be and the results will speak for themselves.
Categorised: News
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 4, 2025
If you were to walk down the aisle of WHSmith’s or even the magazine aisle in your supermarket, you would hardly consider the future of printed magazines to be in jeopardy.
Categorised: Magazine design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 12, 2025
A design subscription service can be a very straightforward way of getting your desired design services. But why should you try it?
Categorised: Full Service Design | Tags: Budgeting
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Chances are, if you are reading this you googled about hiring designers: whether that was how to hire a graphic designer or what questions to ask when hiring a graphic designer or even how you engage a graphic design agency.
Categorised: Full Service Design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Asking the internet for a definition usually gives you a lot of surface-level waffle.
Categorised: Branding | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
As with many things in life, what you get is very dependent on what you put in! The same is true for branding workshop activities.
Categorised: Branding Workshops, Strategy and Planning | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Want to know Toasts poster design ideas? The following tips outline our thoughts on what makes a good poster design and avoid having to rely on free poster design templates which aren’t worth the money!
Categorised: Full Service Design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
If you’ve been on the hunt for a new design agency in the UK, you’ve likely noticed a surge in websites promoting unlimited graphic design UK services.
Categorised: Full Service Design | Tags: Budgeting
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 12, 2025
Corporate brochure design should not be a difficult or troublesome experience, so we have compiled a list of Toast’s top 10 things to consider.
Categorised: Brochure design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
You have had your brochure designed and then the designer supplies you with a digital and ‘print ready’ PDFs, so why have they done this and what is the difference?
Categorised: Resources
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
It’s important to choose the right file formats for images to get the best results. However you want your files, you should probably research the formats you need for whatever you want to do with them. To help you make sense of them, we’ve compiled a list of file formats and their various uses. So, […]
Categorised: Resources | Tags: Digital
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
RGB and CMYK colour formats – does it matter what I use?
Categorised: Resources | Tags: Print
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
When we are approached by a client looking to work with us, we don’t focus on what their previous design agency did wrong but choose to concentrate on how we can fulfil (and hopefully exceed) their needs.
Categorised: Full Service Design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
What are the biggest PR challenges 2018 and how can we help you overcome them?
Categorised: Full Service Design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 18, 2025
Are you confident in the effectiveness of your current marketing materials?
Categorised: Marketing | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 20, 2025
Its a term you have seen used when it comes to exhibitions, but what are they and is it the right exhibition format for you?
Categorised: Marketing
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
If you are looking for help launch a new product in the market or even just a simple new product launch checklist then read on.
Categorised: Full Service Design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Everyone wants a bag of goodies after leaving an event.
Categorised: Marketing | Tags: Ideas
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
Newsletters have always been the go-to option for marketing design teams that want to update or advise their various audiences.
Categorised: Brochure design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
What is your target market and how do you engage with them?
Categorised: Marketing | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Due to the high level of integration that is now demanded by modern marketing campaigns, it is now obvious that brand consistency is important in your marketing collateral. Brand consistency should be achieved across not only the campaigns but the underlying strategy.
Categorised: Marketing | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
If you need to create a new brand or rejuvenate a flagging/unsuccessful brand then there is no shortage of articles and advice all saying that you should build you brand but gloss over exactly how!
Categorised: Branding | Tags: Ideas
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
As the audience for Annual Reports broadens the use of bespoke infographics is now more popular than ever as a way of presenting information.
Categorised: Reports
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
It has been said that working on your brand “as you go” is like trying to change the tyres on your car while you’re still driving it!
Categorised: Branding Workshops, Strategy and Planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
In the last few years, we have seen an explosion in the number of startups in a whole range of sectors from food and drink through to brand new niche consultancies.
Categorised: Branding Workshops, Strategy and Planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
How do I improve my marketing? If you are asking this question then you are ahead of the game of those that think that their marketing can’t be improved.
Categorised: Branding Workshops, Strategy and Planning | Tags: Digital
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 25, 2025
Most marketing teams have a whole range of marketing materials; some of it new but most of it will be historic.
Categorised: Branding Workshops, Strategy and Planning | Tags: Ideas
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Give your brand, design and marketing a full service: Are you happy with your brand & marketing performance? Are you hitting your targets and achieving your goals?
Categorised: Strategy and Planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
The best creative design agency is one that is as eager to understand the problem, as it is to create the solution.
Categorised: Branding Workshops, Strategy and Planning | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
I am quite regularly asked what Toast Design does and the simple answer is…
Categorised: Branding Workshops, Strategy and Planning | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
It involves every aspect of communication you have with customers, staff and other audiences – so what is branding?
Categorised: Branding
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 15, 2024
In this day and age, with consumers being sold to every minute of the day, it is even more important that you consider every aspect of that FIRST IMPRESSION.
Categorised: Brochure design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Toast Design have a range of clients that require complex sales tools from folders to niche brochures, but all depend on us to deliver great catalogue design.
Categorised: Brochure design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: February 4, 2025
Toast Design provide outsourced design services for PR agencies and they are really happy with the results.
Categorised: Full Service Design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Brochures need to work hard these days, never has this been truer than with Charity brochures. Getting the most out of your budget isn’t so much a desire as a business prerequisite.
Categorised: Brochure design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
Here at Toast we have helped our clients sell everything from widgets to thingy-m-bobs but some of the very best luxury brochure design has been driven by prestigious brands…
Categorised: Brochure design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
