Brand Marketing is just made up of two words, but by these two
words coming together they have built up to something that is almost
always on the tip of the tongue of entrepreneurs and marketers.
What is Brand Marketing?
Brand Marketing is a form of marketing wherein one promotes the
products or services of the brand by promoting the brand as a whole. It
does so by telling the story of the brand that will then trickle down to
the product or service.
Branding and its difference to Marketing
In its essence marketing is the act of building awareness for the brand so as to promote its products and services and finally
generate sales, whereas, branding is how one expresses their business
and who it is for and finally what it can do for them. But when put into
general terms, marketing can be seen as a business-generating tool
whereas branding is the approach the company takes towards its target
audience.
When taken in order, businesses should first
come up with their brand prior to engaging in marketing tactics. This
branding usually means getting to identify a personality for the company
so as to define the brand. The basic elements that go into this
branding procedure is coming up of illustrations, logo, typography, and
finally brand colors that are to be used to portray the brand to the
wider audience.
Strategizing for Brand Marketing
Brand marketing is usually a long-term strategy focused on
bringing in repeat customers with loyalty towards the brand or buyers
that wish to make a long-term investment like jewelry, vehicle, etc.
This is because they create recognition in the customers towards the
brand which will bring about distinct feelings whenever the customers
come in contact with the brand.
Marketing campaigns
usually flow from one into the other, expect when there is a complete
rebrand of the company. Hence, it pays to have a thorough brand
marketing strategy so as to make future campaigns successful.
The three base questions to be asked prior to strategizing for a brand marketing strategy are:
1) Who will be the target audience for the brand?
2) What is the primary goal of the brand?
3) What is success according to the brand?
With
these three questions answered it will help the company in their
marketing campaigns by helping them define objectives to be met, how
they should approach their audience, and finally how is success to be
measured.
While the above-mentioned facts could be a great
start to the company’s brand marketing, there are a few things that
need to be addressed in the strategizing phase of the marketing
campaign, they are
1. Checking out the competitors for the brand
This
plays an important role while in the designing process for the campaign
because this helps the designers know what has been already done and
what can be done to provide a fresh perspective to the audiences of that
market.
2. Have consistent creatives
Having
different creative elements each time a campaign comes out will confuse
the audience and not allow them to form bonds with the brands thus
hampering brand loyalty, hence, why it is absolutely necessary to have
consistent creatives throughout all the campaigns that the brand puts
out.
If your company is just starting out fresh in the
branding segment, mentioned above are few good tips to follow to have a successful brand marketing campaign.