{"id":4004,"date":"2019-09-17T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T14:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design"},"modified":"2019-09-20T15:15:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:15:17","slug":"let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Your Flag Fly! A Complete Guide to Flag Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You know that billboards, social media posts, and even promotional products are all great places to include your store\u2019s logo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But you want to get a bit more creative than the standard marketing tactics \u2014 and strengthen your branding as a result.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Why not create your own flag for your business?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Need a bit of help getting started?<\/p>\n

Read on to learn the most important things you need to consider when developing your branded flag design.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Choosing Your Flag\u2019s Shape and Size<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s cover the basics of how to design a flag that will command your target market\u2019s attention no matter where you choose to fly it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To start, select your flag\u2019s shape and size.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Would you like a more traditional flag shape, or would you prefer something smaller, like a pennant (triangular) flag?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re including your brand\u2019s logo \u2014 especially if that logo is pretty detailed \u2014 we strongly suggest you go with a rectangular flag. This is because it offers more space to work with.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, if you\u2019re commemorating a special event\/sale, or if you\u2019re only including your company\u2019s name, a triangular pennant flag may be your best bet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You may even choose to create a\u00a0string pennant\/flag garland that\u00a0can be hung across a doorway or wall. Each individual, tiny flag can have a singular letter, image, or punctuation mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re planning on placing your flags by the side of the road, you\u2019ll likely need a larger banner flag that can withstand high winds.<\/p>\n

Finally, consider if you want the flag to be printed on one side, or on both of them. This largely depends on whether you plan to display the flag flat or if it will be waving in the wind.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Visual Flag Design Basics<\/h2>\n

When you\u2019re coming up with flag designs, the most important thing you need to consider is customization.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all seen standard flags that simply say things like, \u201cSale Today,\u201d or \u201cWe\u2019re Open.\u201d These basic flag designs might momentarily capture the attention of a consumer, but they\u2019re not unique or interesting enough to make them pull over or wander into your shop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In order to make that happen, you have to get creative \u2014 while still reinforcing your branding<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In general, your store\u2019s logo is the best flag design option. It furthers your brand recognition, serves as a guidepost for consumers, and is all your own. Your logo should be the central image of your flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can opt to include your motto, the name of your store, your hours, or anything else you\u2019d like. Still, be aware that cramming too much onto your flag can be counterproductive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Especially since people will see your flag while they\u2019re on the go, we suggest giving them just one image to focus on \u2014 your logo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also, think about where you want your logo to be placed on your flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Would you like it right in the middle of the flag, or would it look better in the upper left or right-hand corner? Will you include any text on your flag, or should it exclusively feature your logo?\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re truly struggling with your design, we suggest that you work with a professional flag designer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Impact of Flag Colors\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Whether you opt for a solid-colored background or want to use stripes to involve multiple colors, the shades of your flag design will have a direct psychological impact<\/a> on the people who see it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For example, if you want to advertise a sale or limited time offer, go for reds. If you\u2019re a natural\/organic store, choose a light green. If you want to promote a sense of relaxation, rely on blue.<\/p>\n

We suggest including no more than three colors (outside of any colors in your logo) for your flag design. You don\u2019t want to visually overwhelm consumers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Choose Your Location<\/h2>\n

Where and how you decide to display your custom flag design is just as important as the way that it looks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can invest in fishing rod holder flag poles<\/a>\u00a0to display your flags on the back of your boat. You can have your branded flag framed and use it as a piece of decor inside your shop. You can hang it in your store\u2019s window, outside of your shop, or even put several flags on the interstate or road letting shoppers know where they need to turn to find your store.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The more creative you can be here, the better. Think beyond the standard flagpole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Show models with your flags wrapped around them in your brand\u2019s Instagram photos. Attach your branded flags to your car and go for a drive around your city. Make sure you bring your flag to trade shows to take your booth to the next level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can even include miniature flags as free gifts inside your shipping boxes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ready to Bring Your Flag Design to Life?<\/h2>\n

Now that you know the most important aspects of good flag design, it\u2019s time to start creating a few options to choose from.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Remember to create a minimum of three flag mock-ups and let your team \u2014 or even your social media followers \u2014 vote on their favorite option.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still need a little help finalizing your company\u2019s logo design? Use our free online logo maker tool to dream up several potential logos.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to keep checking in with our marketing blog for more tips and tricks on how to make sure your business is cemented in the minds of your target market.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know that billboards, social media posts, and even promotional products are all great places to include your store\u2019s logo.\u00a0 But you want to get a bit more creative than the standard marketing tactics \u2014 and strengthen your branding as a result.\u00a0 Why not create your own flag for your business?\u00a0 Need a bit of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":4005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1202],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nLet Your Flag Fly! A Complete Guide to Flag Design • Online Logo Maker's Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You know that billboards, social media posts, and even promotional products are all great places to include your store's logo.\u00a0 But you want to get a bit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Let Your Flag Fly! A Complete Guide to Flag Design • Online Logo Maker's Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You know that billboards, social media posts, and even promotional products are all great places to include your store's logo.\u00a0 But you want to get a bit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Online Logo Maker's Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onlinelogomaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-17T14:30:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-20T15:15:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3d2eafc3ca4c1aa7dae66396c30e8495.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1422\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@logogenerator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@logogenerator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Logo Design Tips and Tricks\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Online Logo Maker\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onlinelogomaker\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/onlinelogomaker\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCQ9jGSx6qnAo6_hC290O5Pg\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/onlinelogomaker\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/logogenerator\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/onlinelogomaker.png\",\"width\":1551,\"height\":199,\"caption\":\"Online Logo Maker\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Online Logo Maker's Blog\",\"description\":\"Your number #1 design blog is all about design, branding, freebies and trends!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3d2eafc3ca4c1aa7dae66396c30e8495.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1422,\"caption\":\"woman holding freedom flag\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/\",\"name\":\"Let Your Flag Fly! A Complete Guide to Flag Design • Online Logo Maker's Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-17T14:30:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-20T15:15:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"You know that billboards, social media posts, and even promotional products are all great places to include your store's logo.\\u00a0 But you want to get a bit\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/28cb4f414d5d505a876e7a296efb8735\"},\"headline\":\"Let Your Flag Fly! A Complete Guide to Flag Design\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-17T14:30:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-20T15:15:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/#webpage\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/let-your-flag-fly-a-complete-guide-to-flag-design\/#primaryimage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Design Tips\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/28cb4f414d5d505a876e7a296efb8735\",\"name\":\"Logo Design Tips and Tricks\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a9c6e455cad6bdda2fc9088755135d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Logo Design Tips and Tricks\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4016,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004\/revisions\/4016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinelogomaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}