How can a strong brand strategy help your business

A strong brand strategy is essential for businesses of all sizes and industries, as it can provide a range of benefits that help to establish a clear and compelling brand identity. A well-crafted brand strategy can help businesses to differentiate themselves from competitors, build customer loyalty, increase market share, and ultimately drive long-term success. Below we give your the top five benefits that a strong brand strategy can provide for businesses, and how you can leverage this powerful tool to achieve your goals and reach new heights of success.

Whether you are a startup looking to establish your brand in a crowded market or an established business seeking to strengthen your brand identity, a strong brand strategy can be a game-changer, providing numerous advantages that can help you to achieve your business objectives.

A strong brand strategy can provide numerous benefits for businesses, including:

1. Differentiation: A strong brand strategy can help you differentiate yourself from competitors by highlighting your unique value proposition, positioning, and personality. This can help your customers understand what sets your business apart from others and make a more informed purchasing decision.

2. Recognition: A strong brand strategy can help you build recognition and awareness among your target audience. By consistently communicating your brand message, values, and visual identity, you can create a strong brand image that resonates with your customers and makes them more likely to remember and recognize your brand.

3. Credibility: A strong brand strategy can help your business establish credibility and trust with your customers. By consistently delivering high-quality products or services, communicating transparently, and upholding your brand promise, businesses can create trust and loyalty.

4. Loyalty: A strong brand strategy can help your businesses build a loyal customer base that is more likely to repurchase and recommend your brand to others. By creating a strong emotional connection with your customers, delivering personalized experiences, and fostering a sense of community, your business/brand can build long-term relationships with your customers.

5. Premium pricing: A strong brand strategy can help you charge a premium price for your products or services, as customers are willing to pay more for brands they perceive as high-quality, trustworthy, and differentiated.

Overall, a strong brand strategy can help you stand out in a crowded market, build trust and loyalty with your ideal customers, and ultimately drive long-term success and growth.

Don't let a weak brand hold your business back. Book your brand clarity call today and discover how we can help you establish a strong and compelling brand that resonates with your target audience.

What do you want your customers to feel when they meet you?

Hello there,

Today I’m going to talk to you about Internal Branding. Internal branding is the root and the pillar of your brand. It's what will drive everything you’ll do in your business strategy, your marketing strategy, your communication strategy, etc. A clear internal branding = a more precise message and ultimately plenty of loyal customers. At the end of the day you want tons of customers, but what better gift than to end up with repeat and loyal customers, right?

Internal branding consists of your differentiators: how do you differentiate yourself from your competition?

1. Your brand essence:

Your brand essence is what people will say about you; this will drive everything in your business. It’s your brand!

For instance,

When you drive a Jeep, or you see somebody driving a Jeep it feels >> adventurous
When you travel to Disney world with your family, it feels >> magical

WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR CUSTOMERS TO "FEEL" WHEN THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR BRAND?

2. Your brand values:

These are principles you'll lead by—what you'll not budge on (please take some time to define these). When your values are set, it’s easier to let people know what you stand for and/or what you stand against.

3. Your unique selling proposition (USP), your brand promise:

What's your special sauce? What makes you different from others? What do you promise your customers?

4. Your positioning:

It's the process of positioning your company in the mind of your tribe — your customers. How do they see you?

To create your positioning, you need to know:

•     How is your brand positioned right now?

•     What is your competition's positioning?

•     What are you doing that’s different from your competition?

5. Your brand voice:

You need to nail this, but to do so, you need to know who your customers are. Please, please, please take some time to research them. If you need help with this, you can always reach out to me here, and I’ll be happy to help you.

Your brand voice will help you connect on a deeper level with your customers. You'll be able to talk directly to them. They would be able to understand you, they would be able to relate to you. So work hard to perfect it and don’t sweat it. As you move along in your business journey, you'll have more data, and consequently, your voice might change a little as well. So don’t be too hard on yourself.

This blog post is getting a little bit too long, so I'll leave you with these thoughts. See you next time for the external branding part.

Have a beautiful day,
Xo, Cindy

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How to get your branding right: A Quick Case Study - Smith and Cult Brand

Smith and Cult is a beauty brand that really nailed its branding to create a place in the beauty market. A place that's always difficult to break into. Well you may say: How does Smith and Cult stand out from the crowd? Well then, my answer to you is branding 'done right.'

- NAMING: 

Smith and Cult represents the conflicting duality between light and dark. SMITH being the light end of the spectrum and CULT being the dark end of it. The logo is also handwritten, which makes it more personable and goes with their brand voice concept (e.g. a beauty junkie writing in her diary).

-THE VOICE:

A beauty junkie writing a diary? How cool can is this? S&C is directly speaking to their customers (who also happened to be beauty junkies …hint...hint..). They want to know more about general beauty secrets that their best friend (S&C) would recommend. How is that for nailing in on their audience?

-THE PACKAGING: 

The packaging itself is so beautiful. Put next to some of the other nail polish brands, you will definitely noticed S&C. Just look at the picture above. It definitely deserves a place in anybody’s beauty cabinet. In addition, besides standing out from the crowd, the packaging has a meaning which goes with the brand essence; it embodies the complexity of their customers beauty experiences like the name S&C does. The juxtaposition of the dented cap and the sleek cover represents the experiences and lessons we all learn along the way! Who is really perfect by the way :)

-THE WEBSITE:

S&C’s web experience is quite amazing! Very hip, modern, colorful and most of all extremely interactive which makes the end user feel like a VIP. Moreover, as you land on the page, you want to know more about the brand. Creating curiosity is always a good idea.

-LACQUER NAMES:

S&C has some of the most interesting names out there. I mean read it for yourself: simply white, my little pony pink dress, cardinal red, kings & thieves, dirty baby, lover’s creep, Stockholm syndrome and countless others. These names are all representative of the founder’s life experiences and quite different from what's out there.

-LACQUER COLORS:

vibrant and interesting colors are offered to their clientele. Moreover, the quality of the lacquer is amazing, which definitely justify their $18 price tag.

So can you see how all these aspects are in sync and on brand? Resulting in a seamless experience for the customer and thus create everlasting memories. What are you doing in your business to enchant your clients? share it below.

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