How to use ChatGPT as a copywriting tool.
If you’re a half-decent writer, AI shouldn’t be stealing your job.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
Design Costs: Don’t Pay Too Much.
Are you paying too much for design services?
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
10 things to consider when planning a magazine.
If you want a magazine designed, here are some tips on the planning and initial stages of the project.
Categorised: Designing magazines | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Justin Brown.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
How to choose a graphic design agency that is right for your needs.
Finding the right design agency can be guaranteed by asking just five questions. Answer these before you even start looking at design agencies.
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
10 tips for designing magazines.
Designing magazines can be a daunting task for some; avoid some common pitfalls with our helpful guide.
Categorised: Designing magazines | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 31, 2025
How to use icons on your website.
Adding simple but visually interesting content can help readers navigate and enjoy your website.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: January 15, 2024
How to use social media to market your business.
We know Grandma is on there because she keeps tagging us in posts about lost dogs at the other end of the country.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
How to hire a Graphic Design Agency.
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: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
10 easy ways to technically optimise your website.
Everyone knows that a website needs to be optimised to rank better, but where do you start?
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
What is a Corporate Identity?
Asking the internet for a definition usually gives you a lot of surface-level waffle.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
How to get the best from a branding workshop.
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: Strategy and planning | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
10 Tips to achieve the best poster design.
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
Top 10 Tips to get the very best corporate brochure design.
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 best-practices | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Point of sale design.
All your hard work has paid off and you’ve secured a spot on the shelves for your new product. Great point of sale design will help your wares stand out from the crowd.
Categorised: News | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: April 28, 2025
How to mark up a PDF.
We’re a helpful bunch at Toast, so here’s our handy guide on how to mark up a PDF.
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Justin Brown.
Last updated: January 15, 2024
How to make your sales posters pop.
LifePharm® approached us to redesign a range of 10 posters for their sales teams. The posters were to be displayed in offices to help the sales teams quickly identify the range and the unique benefits of each product.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides | Tags: How to & tips, Promoting Your Business
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
10 things you can do to improve your website.
If you are working remotely, you can still improve the effectiveness of your website – all you need is an internet connection!
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: October 7, 2025
Why using a magazine design template is a terrible idea for marketing people.
There are loads of them on the internet. And if you already know a bit of InDesign, how hard can it be? It might even be fun, a chance to break out of the daily slog and indulge your creativity…
Categorised: Designing magazines | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: March 6, 2025
Specifying colours – from screen to print and how these differ.
Whether you’re just about to start your design project or in the finalising stages, specifying colours you want can get complicated as there are many systems involved that display the colour you want differently.
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
How do I supply amends to my designer?
You’ve received the first draft of your new brochure from the designer and want to make a few changes. How do you go about giving them amends?
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
How can I edit my brochure?
You brief a design agency to create your company brochure for you. You’re really happy with the results, however, later down the line you need to update some of the information and make edits. How do I edit my brochure?
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Large and multiple files, how do I send these to my designer?
When working with a designer on your latest brochure, you will probably need to send them multiple and or large image files. How can you do this without clogging up yours and their email accounts with Large Multiple Files?
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Are you planning on improving your marketing & print?
Are you confident in the effectiveness of your current marketing materials?
Categorised: Creative marketing guides | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
The importance of brand consistency.
A successful brand is one that has considered all aspects of how engages with its customer and brand consistency is vital in this day and age.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
Looking to create marketing materials that are integrated and on brand?
Consistent and coordinated marketing materials project a clear and uniform message.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Some helpful tips when creating your next newsletter design.
Newsletters have always been the go-to option for marketing design teams that want to update or advise their various audiences.
Categorised: Designing magazines | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
How to engage your target audience with effective marketing design.
What is your target market and how do you engage with them?
Categorised: Creative marketing guides | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Creating brand consistency in Marketing Materials.
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: Creative marketing guides | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Planning your WordPress website.
How you plan your new website is crucial to make it work hard and win you new business.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site | Tags: How to & tips, Website planning
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: July 18, 2025
Moving WordPress to a new theme.
We quite often get asked to quote for moving WordPress to a new theme.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: April 25, 2025
Planning your annual report design.
As there will be a lot of people contributing to the planning of your annual report, it is good to have a project manager to spearhead this and ensure the project runs smoothly.
Categorised: Report planning & design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
13 Tips to Help Choose Between Graphic Design Agencies.
Choosing the right graphic design agency is an important first step in creating an ongoing and profitable relationship.
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
Ten things Marketers should look for from a full-service design agency.
There are loads of marketers that buy designs from various design agencies, big or small. But, how can a marketer know that they’re getting the best service possible?
Categorised: Design resources | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
The benefits of a long-term relationship with a design agency.
All businesses rely on other companies for various products and services. Firms have to pay energy companies for gas and electricity supplies.
Categorised: Full service design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: March 17, 2025
What is the best finish for your brochure?
Design finishes can give your brochure that extra wow factor.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Making your website responsive.
Making your website responsive will have a beneficial effect on how hard it works for you.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Identify the marketing challenge….
The best creative design agency is one that is as eager to understand the problem, as it is to create the solution.
Categorised: Strategy and planning | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
WordPress for small businesses.
While the platform is perfectly at home as a CMS for many enterprise-level businesses, it’s also a perfect starting point for any small business site – it provides a rock-solid platform, allows you to manage your own content and can be scaled up as your online marketing grows.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Looking for a new design agency to make the most from your budget?
Does your current agency seem to be overcharging and not really helping you get the return on investment you were hoping for?
Categorised: Full service design | Tags: Budgeting For Design, How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: June 6, 2025
We solve marketing problems with design.
I am quite regularly asked what Toast Design does and the simple answer is…
Categorised: Strategy and planning | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Looking for a new design agency?
Trust is a fundamental part of the relationship between a client and a design agency.
Categorised: Full service design | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
Marketing Food Products.
How to get your food products noticed, you’ve worked hard to develop a great tasting product, but how do you now get your product noticed and sell? – A clear brand identity is key.
Categorised: Design for food brands | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
Adding that little more to your PDF brochure.
Online brochure formats are increasingly becoming more and more popular as they give you the ability to respond to client requests instantly.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Designing an electronic brochure.
There is a lot of terminology being used at the moment regarding electronic brochures, epubs (or electronic publications), e-books (electronic books) and iBooks (Apple’s version of the e-book format).
Categorised: Brochure best-practices | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Websites for Food Businesses.
If you’re starting a small food-related business or developing an existing one, you’ll already know about the importance of having a website that works.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: July 18, 2025
The key stages of great logo design.
Here at Toast Design we have developed a unique 5 Stage process for creating great logo design.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Creating great catalogue design.
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 best-practices | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: February 4, 2025
Charity brochure designers.
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 best-practices | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
Creating Effective Logo Design.
There are lots of opinion pieces on logo design and it can be rather confusing, but with over the last 15 years experience working with many businesses we have put together a guide to creating effective logo design.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: February 27, 2025
A taste for food brand design.
I have a real passion for working with foodie brands, particular the artisan, smaller companies that really care about what they’re producing and have a passion for it.
Categorised: Design for food brands | Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: June 6, 2025
