Once brand identity is generated, the process of branding is
an ongoing affair. It is everlasting whether you want it to be or not. Till
such time that your brand is available and people are interacting with it, your
brand is in a fluid state. One unfortunate consumer experience can cause
irreparable damage for your brand forever, when it comes to public perception.
You have the option to let your brand take care of itself hoping for the best,
or choose to actively interact with the process of nurturing and maintaining
it.
Given below are five quite simple and cost-effective
measures that you can take up in building a rewarding brand once all the basics
are in order.
1. Building Your Brand Culture:
Brand culture is all about your staff and you living and
breathing your brand so that it infuses with the values and identity of your
brand. This isn't tough as it sounds. It can be easily integrated into your
existing procedures and processes. Exhibit the values of your brand where it
can't be missed.
2. Exhibit Your Brand All Over
It is understood that you have to apply your brand colours
and logo into everything from product packaging, reception areas, etc. What
isn't obvious is the necessity to engrave the identity of your brand into the
customer experiences of the lesser tangible world. Though possible, this
requires some innovative thinking - like your staff communicating the spirit of
your brand while responding to calls to customers, etc.
3. Always Remember Your Brand Guidelines
This is an eternal issue. Though many companies start of by
investing a lot of time, effort and money to develop and build their brand
guidelines, once done, they tend to totally ignore it. This not only drives
them to end wind up with a string of inconsistently designed and poorly
connected brand communications, but will finally find themselves (with their
agency) tied up in knots, as they battle to rebuild the process for any new
project. When done correctly, brand guidelines can be the foundation of a
world-class strong and healthy brand. Nurture them and they will remain
faithful to you.
4. Keep Spreading the Message
A great brand is totally useless if people are ignorant of
it. Create innovative ways by which your brand wins the hearts of people - pack
and deliver your brand in such a way that it doesn't look like mere sales talk,
make would-be consumers get a positive feeling on a regular basis and is
consistent with your brand identity are effective ways of spreading the message
of your brand.
5. Renew, Refresh, Revisit
Many giant international brands change their slogan or
fine-tune their logo. They are fully aware that a brand needs to be constantly
reevaluated so as to ensure that they continue to be relevant. Though a brand
very rarely needs a fundamental change to its vision and values, for its survival,
there must always be scope for renewal and flexibility.
It is quite a challenge to strike the right balance between
relevance and consistency, but it is inevitable that subtle and gradual changes
are to be made, to implement your brand's identity and on how your messages are
to be delivered. Remember that these changes are to be based on market research
or recommendations of a professional branding agency and not through internal
tinkering.
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