Where does one start to build a brand? Do you just let nature dictate, or should you plant your own seeds and nurture it along? My answer has to be the latter. As I see brand as essentially your reputation, I often tell start-ups to determine what they’d like their brand to stand for and then to work to that end. I think that that’s a little easier than to trip along unengaged with who you are and what you stand for.
I also think that you should differentiate your brand from the get-go. If you use differentiation as a strategy, then you can analyze the competition and then do something different then they are doing. Use them as a “what not to do model.” The strategy here is to resonate with your customers by positively standing out. It’s not to be different for the sake of being different, but different by being better – a leader. Your brand image should reflect something other than them. Most industries use a follow the leader mentality. Look at the leading brand in a category, more often those competing against the leader use the same colour palettes, the same images and the same conversation.
You want to own the conversation and attract by your difference. Values you adopt and consistently abide by will see you go from start-up to flourishing. Your brand values define you and your brand. Who ever you decide to become, be sure to be authentic and passionate. Branding can be your friend and positively affect every touch point of your brand.
Nice article, thanks for the information.
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Brand is the most valuable asset of a company. Creating brand maybe hard for the first time, but when it famous, brand will rise the company’s profit. So we must wise to choose a brand name.
Your brand doesn’t have to be famous to succeed. The fact is most profitable brands are not famous. Thank you for your input pesuy17.
Hey Ed,
You a got a well-written, informative and helpful post. Marketers should always think about their branding strategy. There are many businesses that offers the same product but what separates the good from the best is their branding. Brands should be unique and catchy so that buyers will be interested with it. Thanks for sharing this post Ed.
Yea sometimes the name can be the hardest thing to decide… I’ve had the brand identity for my publishing company set from the start, but I still haven’t been able to settle on a name!
I agree its best to have a brand for your business in mind as it gives you something to aim at and work towards, In past business ventures I’ve done both and always get better results by having a set brand in mind you can end up with a confused or conflicted business brand if you just allow it to evolve
i interested to read article about brand i was wonder is this article about product branding or a company name branding? as i’m aware a company name branding might be the best way to sell product because people tends to look for the big name for a product. please enlight me and thank you for the great article.
There are many ways to increase brand awareness and make your brand stick out from the rest!
Yes, good brand is unique or easy to memorize, because If we can make good brand it will be more good benefits.
Thanks for sharing nice information, it really helpful to everyone. It is necessary to understand the logic and go right direction….
No doubt brand is the key of every business. I think it is very difficult to build a name of brand first time. Much hard work is required.
So brand name is a key to success, without brand name products are not ready to sell, a famous brand name is able to sell worst products but a worst brand name is not able to sell good products at all.
Thanks Ed Roach good tips.
Building your OWN brand is like creating a representation of your company. It has to be unique and attractive, in a way that it could be identify from the others. I had to agree with the comment below, imitating doesn’t make it a brand after all. Your brand has to be unique to stand out among the rest. 🙂
BbmcKinney Exactly right. Thanks for your insight.
Therapy MarketingĂ‚Â I think it’s still a brand without a differentiator, just not a very invigorating one.
pesuy17Ă‚Â Yes, brand is an asset that can take you in several direction depending on the perception on the street.
Thank you so much for this post.
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absolutely right. Its good to build a unique brand. It may be hard to
built a unique brand but Its an attractive and most effective way to
identify you from others.
Thanks for this
information and keep up the good work in this website. Cheers!
Thanks for the post. Its true that idea of the product is very important. Uniquness or some thing value added in the product really helps you to get in the hearts of your market.
Very well said brand fights for promotions. People seeking for the great brand fro their great value. The use of blinds allows for the window to be used during
the day with all or part of the advertisement showing, during non-business
hours the windows becomes large billboard.