All You Need to Know About Starting Your Brand
Aba Chiongson
Founder and CEO at eVA Outsourcing | Helping professionals and businesses find the perfect VA
It is no simple task to create a brand from the ground up that stands out. It also doesn’t happen overnight. It goes beyond choosing a few colors and slapping together a logo. It needs deep thinking, a team possessing good communication and design skills, and a profound understanding of the brand. Building brands sounds like a lot of work but we are here to guide you through the process of producing an effective and strong brand identity. Read on and explore how these steps can help you find your brand.
Your Brand, Your Identity
With millions of businesses seeking to make a name for themselves, owning a strong brand is vital for businesses to distinguish themselves from their rivals. Branding is one of the key aspects of any business, large or small. It’s what your business says, your values, how you convey your product, and what you want people to feel when they interact with it. Basically, your brand is a promise to your customers and it shows the personality—identity of your business.
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1. Learn about your audience and competitors.
You need to understand the competitive market such as your potential customers and current rivals before you start making any decisions about your brand. Knowing what your audience wants from a business in your industry is key to creating a brand people will love. Being aware of your competitors helps you in positioning yourself apart from them.
2. Choose your focus and personality.
Finding your focus and letting that guide the other parts of your brand as you build it is essential. What’s your value proposition? What are the key messages you want to communicate about your brand? Realize your business’s purpose for you can’t build its personality unless you know what it is about.
3. Pick your business name.
The name of your business is probably one of the first significant commitments that you need to make. It will impact your logo, your marketing, your domain, etc. Making up words, creating acronyms from a longer name, and altering a word by removing letters, adding letters, or using Latin endings among others are approaches to creating a name for your business.
4. Write a tagline
A good slogan is simple, catchy, and creates a strong impression. It has something to be short and descriptive that you can put up in your social media bios, business cards, website header, and everywhere else where you only have a few words to make a significant impact.
5. Choose your brand’s presence.
You’ll now need to think about how you’ll visually reflect your brand, namely your colors and typography. Colors help you be consistent across everything you do. It also delivers the feeling you wish to communicate. To avoid confusing website visitors, pick two fonts: one for headings and one for body text.
6. Design your logo.
Your logo is the face of your brand for all intents and purposes. More than just to look interesting or cool, it has to be associated with your brand’s identity too. Simply put, this image (your logo) means this (your business).
7. Be consistent with your branding across your business.
From your selected website theme, the marketing materials you create, all the way to your packaging, and how you ship your products, your brand must exist and stay consistent. Integrate your brand into every element of customer interaction.
In closing
Branding is one of the most significant things you can do for your business, whether it is a new one or already existing in the industry. A solid process of brand creation will turn your company from a small player into a strong competitor. Discover how our team can help you achieve the branding that fits you.
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