Forming Your Brand Identity - The Components of Your Brand

By Jason Grilli 
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In the highly competitive fight to win customer attention and loyalty, a strong brand name may be the only feature to differentiate you from the competition. To stand out and be noticed, every little detail makes a difference. Each component of your brand that is going to meet the public eye ought to be scrutinized.

How do your buyers identify you and remember you? The whole meaning of your brand embraces your business name, logo, color scheme and design style that expresses your product and service in symbols along with words and images your target audience understands. You can be known for just your company name, you can be branded for no more than an excellent product or service or people may remember you by a combination of your slogan, color scheme, jingle and the singer who sang the jingle.

However way the consumer mind works, your company image is a mix-up of all or any one of these parts:

1). PERSONALITY. This is your specialty, your trademark, your area of expertise, your niche. In a market full of sameness, what are the points of comparison your customers will depend on to set you apart from your competition? This will decide your tone and the images that will symbolize your company identity. Express one clear, consistent personality type all throughout the process of building your brand.

2). NAME & SLOGAN. A strong brand name and tag line must be easy to say and readily remembered. Does it clearly communicate your offer of promise? Does it tie-up to all the other parts of your company image?

3). PACKAGING. This includes your website, blog or storefront, the color scheme, design elements as well as your ads, flyers, business cards, sales letters and other business materials. Do they all fit together with the other components of your brand? 

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