Launching & Building a Brand For Dummies. Amy Will

Launching & Building a Brand For Dummies - Amy Will


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      [Your brand’s tentative name] is the [first, best, only] [brand class] to offer [unique features and benefits] to [customer profile] making them feel [emotion about the brand].

      

Your brand positioning statement doesn’t have to be so formulaic. Just try to keep it brief while detailing what makes your brand special to your target customers.

      Brand identity is the personality and physical manifestation of a brand that makes it recognizable in people’s minds. Think of it as your own identity — everything that defines you, such as your physical appearance; how you move, dress, and speak; your values, interests, knowledge, and skills; your personality; your purpose in life; and so on.

      

You’ll also encounter the term brand image. Brand identity refers to how you want people to perceive your brand. Brand image is more about how people actually perceive it. Defining your brand identity is the process of determining how you want people to perceive your brand.

      Note that many people equate brand identity with the brand’s visual design elements, such as its logo, colors, and font. Not everyone experiences a brand visually, however. Some people experience it through the brand’s audio assets (such as a jingle), through its messaging, or through direct engagement. Visuals are just one way of expressing a brand’s identity.

      Establishing your brand’s mission and values

      When you think about your own identity, you’re usually seeking the answer to the question “Who am I?” You’re trying to discover your essence — what makes you you,— and that’s tough. You need to evaluate your belief system, your core values, and your life’s purpose.

      The same is true for a brand. Engage in some deep soul-searching to figure out what your brand is all about. Explore its mission, vision, and values … or define what you want them to be.

      Describing your brand’s mission

      Every business and brand should have a mission statement describing its purpose — why it exists and its big goal or purpose. I strongly encourage you to write a mission statement for your brand. Here are a few examples:

       Google: To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

       Starbucks: To inspire and nurture the human spirit — one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time.

       Sony: To be a company that inspires and fulfills your curiosity. Using our unlimited passion for technology, content, services to deliver ground-breaking new excitement and entertainment in ways that only Sony can.

       Water.org: To bring safe water and sanitation to the world.

      What’s your brand’s mission?

      To ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

      MISSION OR VISION?

      Some brands use either a mission or vision statement and consider the two to be interchangeable. Other brands distinguish between mission and vision statements; for them, a mission statement describes the brand’s current goals and its approach to achieving those goals in the near term, whereas a vision statement expresses the brand’s future aspirations. The purpose of a mission statement is to keep everyone in the organization on the same page regarding the brand’s purpose, whereas the purpose of a vision statement is to inspire.

      LinkedIn is a brand that has both a mission and vision statement:

       Mission: To connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful

       Vision: To create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce

      Defining your brand’s values

      Values are principles or standards that govern thinking and behaviors. A brand’s values govern the organization’s decisions; policies; daily operations; and engagement with customers, vendors, and partners. Whereas mission and vision describe what the brand is and why it exists, values influence how the brand operates.

      Create a list of what your brand values most; then rearrange the items on your list from most to least important. Your list may include the following:

       Customer satisfaction

       Innovation

       Continuous improvement

       Profitability

       Transparency

       Flexibility

       Personalization

       Teamwork

       Integrity

       Diversity, equity, and inclusion

       Relationships

      Another approach is to write value statements, which are more like principles or policies, such as the following:

       Do the right thing.

       Have fun.

       Deliver the highest-quality products and customer service possible.

       Treat customers as they would like to be treated.

       Protect and preserve the environment.

      Exploring your brand’s personality


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