Thursday, January 8, 2009

Branding the Web

By Matthew Henage

Few Know What Branding Is

If you are like most people, you don't know what branding is. If you think that branding is about having a recognizable business name, your in error. If you think your business is too little to brand, your wrong again. A brand is more about the perception your audience has of your company, not about the size or success of your business. The idea behind branding is to get your audience to have a perception of your business that motivates them to a sale.

Branding Explained

To Brand\Branding is the process of personifying a person, object or organization into a trusted entity. A well branded business builds a good trust between your business and the audience which will attract more clients and sales. A poorly branded business will build a bad trust between you and your audience which will repel clients and minimize sales.

Branding is crucial to Marketing

Your business will be judged by the way it presents itself. And if you don't take the time to figure out how to present your brand image appropriately, you may end up with a dissatisfied audience. Don't leave these things up to chance, take the time to establish what your brand image will be and how you will portray it.

Having Your Website Display Your Brand

The most important thing to understand about a brand is that it is only as strong as its integrity. All communications from your website should agree with one other. This means that your design, font choice, images, language style and format should all be portraying the same brand image. The second part of branding is beyond your website, your company procedures must follow the strict brand characterization to create an effective brand. Other aspects of your business that need to be in line with your brand image are price, logo, business name, location, furniture, employee dress, interaction with customers or clients etc. Portraying your desired brand image consistently through your web site and company practices will build a good trust between your business and your audience.

Your web site might be the only interaction that your customers will receive from your company. For this reason, branding is just that more crucial for your web site. Make your visitors feel like they are dealing with a human instead of an online document will help them to identify with your company better.

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