Thursday, January 15, 2009

Branding Your Website Branding before Web Design

By Matthew Henage

What exactly is Branding?

If you are like most of the general public, you don't know what branding is. If you think that branding is about having a recognizable business name, your in error. If you think your business is too little to brand, your wrong again. A brand is more about the perception your audience has of your business, not about how large or successful is your business. The idea behind branding is to get your audience to have a perception of your business that motivates them to a sale.

Your Definition of Branding

To Brand\Branding is the process of personifying a person, object or organization into a trusted entity. A well branded business builds a good trust between your business and the audience which will attract more clients and sales. A poorly branded company will build a bad trust between you and your audience which will push away clients and minimize sales.

Your Brand is very Important

Your company will be judged by the way it presents itself. And if you don't take the time to figure out how to present your brand image appropriately, you may end up with a dissatisfied audience. Don't leave these things up to chance, take the time to establish what your brand image will be and how you will portray it.

Having Your Website Display Your Brand

Your brand will only be as strong as its consistency. This means that you can't send mixed messages about your brand image, everything about you business must agree with itself. This not only includes what is on your website, but all other interaction with your customers offline as well. The more consistent you are, the more your audience will trust you. The more your audience trusts you the more likely they will be to make a sale.

Branding is especially important on the web. There is a major disadvantage to not having human interaction with your audience, but this disadvantage can be neutralized with a well conceived and powerfully implemented brand image.

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