Last Updated on Apr 7, 2020 by James W
To be successful in the current market you not only need a good product and fabulous employees, but you also need a cohesive and clear brand. Something that your customers can really get behind. But how do you create this, and are there any pitfalls that you need to be aware of in this area? Read on to find out.
Logos
If you think that branding is all about having a sassy logo and headed paper, then you are wrong. Its need to be much more than just a pretty picture that represents your company.
Of course there is nothing wrong with having a logo, in fact, the most successful companies in the world have great ones. But just don’t think that on its own it’s enough to give you a brand identity.
Consistency
Something that some experts in the field have pointed out is that brand cohesion is important. This means being consistent across all of the different platforms that you communicate to your customers through.
So, if you are using social media advertising, as well as websites and television, the message that you are sending. As well as the tone of what is being said, and how it’s said need to be consistent with one another.
Of course, this doesn’t just mean rote repetition of the same words. In fact some variety is good. It just has to convey the same essential message and impressions of your company to your customer base.
Relationships
Another aspect of branding that is vital is the behind the scenes work on the relationship between you and your customers. It’s no good if all of your marketing is saying that you are the best and most friendly company to work with if this isn’t true in produce.
That is why it’s necessary to assign resources to making sure your customers are looked after. With the view to making sure that they are as happy as they can be with the different stage of interaction that they have with you as a company during their purchase and the aftercare process.
Protection
Obviously, something else that you need to be aware of as a company is protecting your brand once you have to build it up.
This can be something that is increasingly harder to do, because of all the opportunities for intellectual property theft that exists. Which is mainly due to the internet.
However, that doesn’t mean that we should just throw our hands up in the air and not do anything. Instead, why not get a professional company like Ten Intelligence to handle this area of business for you. Thus protecting your product and your brand from a cheap copy that will erode your good name.
Innovation
Lastly, any company that is going to want to survive in the long term will need to be innovative with their branding.
That means they need to move with the times and use new methods like QR codes, or customer chat boxes. Which will make it easier for their customers to engage with their brands and product.
