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If you read our weekly blogs or follow Idea Custom Solutions on social media, you know we like to talk about the topic of rebranding. With all of the logo changes that occurred over the past few years, we have much to discuss!

It's probably true that entrepreneurs think differently, which is why they can invent things or discover new approaches. But how do they think?

When you think about the most iconic logos out there, typically those of Coke, Target, Nike and UPS will come to mind, as do the golden arches of McDonald’s and the mermaid of Starbucks. One reason is that vast amounts of money are spent to make these logos ubiquitous. Large corporations have the financial power to place billboards, buy television spots and buy Internet ads, while also featuring signage bearing the brands at the retail locations where they are sold.

Often when we hear about the concept of “the brand” in the business press the focus tends to be on huge companies. In the late 20th century, it was firms that dominated their markets with high-quality, specialized yet mass-produced products that just about everyone used from brands such as Kodak and M&M Mars.

Last year, as businesses large and small evolved marketing strategies, launched new products and tried on new colors and typefaces, it seemed like an explosion of graphics occurred across the marketing galaxy.

Over the last year, Idea Custom Solutions has talked quite a bit about rebranding. To us rebranding is, at least for most companies, an exercise that involves more than just a new logo on a website and social media, or putting up new signage.

Rebranding has more to do with reaffirming or restating what your mission is as a business, non-profit or educational institution. At a minimum, changing up your brand — including your logo, your fonts, your color schemes and even the look and feel of your marketing collateral — creates conversation.

Let’s say one of your customers wants to promote his or her business.