BRANDING & CREATIVE BUDGET TEMPLATE (MONTHLY & QUA

How to Use This Template*

This template will A) help you plan your branding & creative budget and B) let y
projected budget to what you actually end up spending.

Just fill in your projected expenses for the corresponding time periods and cate
Software, Hardware, Equipment Rentals/Purchases, etc.) and totals will be calcu
automatically. You can then update the actual expenses table to see how well y
your budget.

Sheet 2 (Budget - Monthly) is for budget planning on a month-by-month basis, w

(Budget - Quarterly) is for budget planning on a quarterly basis.

*Wondering how branding & creative affects your overall marketing budget? Take your tota
and plug them into the MASTER marketing budget template.
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budget and B) let you compare that

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BRANDING & CREATIVE BUDGET (MONTHLY) (Those "$100" entr

2014 Projected Expenses

BRANDING & CREATIVE Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15
SOFTWARE
Design/Photo editing (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign) $100 $100 $100
Video editing (e.g. Final Cut) $100 $100 $100
Animation (e.g. After Effects) $100 $100 $100
Wireframing (e.g. Balsamiq) $100 $100 $100
Prototyping (e.g. InVision) $100 $100 $100
Project management (e.g. BaseCamp) $100 $100 $100
HARDWARE
Graphics-optimized computer (e.g. MacBook Pro) $100 $100 $100
HD display (e.g. Apple Thunderbolt) $100 $100 $100
SD Cards/Storage drives $100 $100 $100
EQUIPMENT RENTALS/PURCHASES
Camera $100 $100 $100
Tripod $100 $100 $100
Microphone $100 $100 $100
Lighting $100 $100 $100
OUTSOURCING
Freelance design work $100 $100 $100
Freelance video work $100 $100 $100
Crowdsourced work (e.g. 99designs) $100 $100 $100
Voiceover work $100 $100 $100
Actors $100 $100 $100
MISCELLANEOUS
Premium fonts/typefaces $100 $100 $100
Printing (e.g. posters, business cards) $100 $100 $100
Travel (e.g. for on-site video shoots) $100 $100 $100
Supplies (e.g. sketchpads, stencils) $100 $100 $100
Swag $100 $100 $100
TOTAL $2,300 $2,300 $2,300 $0 $0

Fill in your actua

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2014 Actual Expenses

BRANDING & CREATIVE Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15
SOFTWARE
Design/Photo editing (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign) $100 $100 $100
Video editing (e.g. Final Cut) $100 $100 $100
Animation (e.g. After Effects) $100 $100 $100
Wireframing (e.g. Balsamiq) $100 $100 $100
Prototyping (e.g. InVision) $100 $100 $100
Project management (e.g. BaseCamp) $100 $100 $100
HARDWARE
Graphics-optimized computer (e.g. MacBook Pro) $100 $100 $100
HD display (e.g. Apple Thunderbolt) $100 $100 $100
SD Cards/Storage drives $100 $100 $100
EQUIPMENT RENTALS/PURCHASES
Camera $100 $100 $100
Tripod $100 $100 $100
Microphone $100 $100 $100
Lighting $100 $100 $100
OUTSOURCING
Freelance design work $100 $100 $100
Freelance video work $100 $100 $100
Crowdsourced work (e.g. 99designs) $100 $100 $100
Voiceover work $100 $100 $100
Actors $100 $100 $100
MISCELLANEOUS
Premium fonts/typefaces $100 $100 $100
Printing (e.g. posters, business cards) $100 $100 $100
Travel (e.g. for on-site video shoots) $100 $100 $100
Supplies (e.g. sketchpads, stencils) $100 $100 $100
Swag $100 $100 $100
TOTAL $2,300 $2,300 $2,300 $0 $0
Fill in your projected expenses here.
(Those "$100" entries are placeholders.)

Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 2015 Total

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,900

Fill in your actual expenses here.

(Those "$100" entries are placeholders.)

Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 2015 Total

$300
$300
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$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,900
BRANDING & CREATIVE BUDGET (QUARTERLY)

2014 Projected Expenses

BRANDING & CREATIVE Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015
SOFTWARE
Design/Photo editing (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign) $300
Video editing (e.g. Final Cut) $300
Animation (e.g. After Effects) $300
Wireframing (e.g. Balsamiq) $300
Prototyping (e.g. InVision) $300
Project management (e.g. BaseCamp) $300
HARDWARE
Graphics-optimized computer (e.g. MacBook Pro) $300
HD display (e.g. Apple Thunderbolt) $300
SD Cards/Storage drives $300
EQUIPMENT RENTALS/PURCHASES
Camera $300
Tripod $300
Microphone $300
Lighting $300
OUTSOURCING
Freelance design work $300
Freelance video work $300
Crowdsourced work (e.g. 99designs) $300
Voiceover work $300
Actors $300
MISCELLANEOUS
Premium fonts/typefaces $300
Printing (e.g. posters, business cards) $300
Travel (e.g. for on-site video shoots) $300
Supplies (e.g. sketchpads, stencils) $300
Swag $300
TOTAL $6,900 $0 $0

Fill in your
(Those "$300

2014 Actual Expenses

BRANDING & CREATIVE Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015
SOFTWARE
Design/Photo editing (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign) $300
Video editing (e.g. Final Cut) $300
Animation (e.g. After Effects) $300
Wireframing (e.g. Balsamiq) $300
Prototyping (e.g. InVision) $300
Project management (e.g. BaseCamp) $300
HARDWARE
Graphics-optimized computer (e.g. MacBook Pro) $300
HD display (e.g. Apple Thunderbolt) $300
SD Cards/Storage drives $300
EQUIPMENT RENTALS/PURCHASES
Camera $300
Tripod $300
Microphone $300
Lighting $300
OUTSOURCING
Freelance design work $300
Freelance video work $300
Crowdsourced work (e.g. 99designs) $300
Voiceover work $300
Actors $300
MISCELLANEOUS
Premium fonts/typefaces $300
Printing (e.g. posters, business cards) $300
Travel (e.g. for on-site video shoots) $300
Supplies (e.g. sketchpads, stencils) $300
Swag $300
TOTAL $6,900 $0 $0
 Fill in your projected expenses here.
(Those "$300" entries are placeholders.)

Q4 2015 2015 Total

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$0 $6,900

Fill in your actual expenses here.

(Those "$300" entries are placeholders.)

Q4 2015 2015 Total

$300
$300
 $300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300

$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$0 $6,900