5 Boosts Your Brand Really Needs

August 9, 2017

Every business in its infancy needs the same thing – growth. Most companies look at sales strategies to quickly and efficiently boost their customer numbers and quantity of transactions.
However, there is one asset you have that could be working a lot harder toward helping you achieve those same objectives. Your brand is ultimately what each of those customers is investing in. Time to give it boost:
Brand Authority
Give your brand some authority in the marketplace. Blogging is just one way to give your company name a real voice in the real world.
You might offer practical advice in using your products or services. Perhaps you have some important white paper to share with the world?
Make use of your website, and be sure to share what you have to say across each of your preferred social media platforms. Be consistent in voice, and you’ll soon find your articles are picked up in the trade press and quoted by other industry voices of authority.
Customer Engagement
Give your brand a chance to interact and engage with your target audience. Using social media to engage customers might put fear in you. Choose a Community Management company like Ignite Digital to handle the round-the-clock demands of this approach. Make sure your customer service processes are in place and able to manage any surge in enquiries.
This type of approach can also direct sales leads into your business. Add it to your campaign strategy and use that brand to earn more customers!
Brand Persona
Every brand needs to have a persona. If not, it will just feel like a stuffy and impersonal corporation.
As the founder, you are the best choice to become the face of that brand. If you’re not up for public speaking and presenting, then adopt someone else that can offer a clear and concise persona for your brand.
Now all you need to do is keep it consistent – one voice, one direction, and one objective. Sure, others might be doing the talking in your blog articles, online chats, or customer service call centre. Everyone working for your business needs to adopt that same brand persona.
High Visibility
Make sure all of your liveries feature the same brand, logo, and message style.
To increase the visibility of your brand, increase your content, improve your SEO, test some advertising, and engage.
Integrate your brand in the news with careful PR planning. Offer articles to other blog sites about issues that are topical and relevant.
The more you converse ‘live’ on social media, the more visible your brand becomes. You’ll engage more, and develop better relationships across all communities.
Clever Campaigns
Not all marketing campaigns are about making an immediate sale. Spend time developing campaigns that give your brand the boost it needs.
Awareness campaigns, positioning campaigns, and for-the-cause campaigns can all increase the share of voice your brand achieves. Continue to measure this to determine if awareness and interest in your brand increases.
These strategies aren’t just for the short term. The marketplace will change, and competitors will counter your every move. Stay on top of your brand’s position for continued business growth.

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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