This template will A) help you plan your branding & creative budget and B) let you compare that projected budget to what you actually end up spending.
Just fill in your projected expenses for the corresponding time periods and categories (e.g. Software, Hardware, etc.) and totals will be calculated automatically. You can then update the actual expenses to see how well you're sticking to your budget and easily identify how much you have left to spend each quarter.
Your projected and actual totals will automatically populate into the Year-to-Date Summary chart, as well as the Branding & Creative Year-to-Date Summary bar graph. Use this graph to compare your budget to your actual spend, while monitoring the category breakdown. As you add your budget for each quarter, the Y axis will automatically adjust.
P.S. Wondering how branding & creative affects your overall marketing budget? Take your totals from this template and plug them into the MASTER marketing budget template.