The Importance of branding
16/04/11 18:41 Filed in: Branding
Early branding of a small or emerging company is key to business success. It is the quickest way for your company to express what it is and what it can offer. Inaccurate branding of a new business can make it difficult for people to grasp why the business exists in the first place. For startups and small businesses, branding can often take a backseat to other considerations, such as funding and product development. This is a mistake, as a company's brand can be key to its success. Dollar for dollar, it is as important and vital as any other early steps.
A brand is a company's face to the world
It is the company's name, how that name is visually expressed through a logo, and how that name and logo are extended throughout an organization's communications. A brand is also how the company is perceived by its customers -- the associations and inherent value they place on your business.
A brand is a kind of promise
It is a set of fundamental principles as understood by anyone who comes into contact with a company. A brand is an organization's reason for being and how that reason is expressed through its various communications media to its key audiences, including customers, shareholders, employees and analysts. A brand can also describe these same attributes for a company's products, services, and initiatives.