Why Branding is important for your business?

With growing social media influence every day, customers are exposed to new businesses/companies. To trail blaze in this competitive market, businesses must go above and beyond traditional marketing. Hence the branding of a company is more significant than ever before. To accomplish this, you must develop a powerful brand that will attract and retain people’s attention.

While large businesses have resources and ample budget for their branding and marketing initiatives, small businesses need to devise their own brand-building strategy in zero to limited budget to stand out. Be it small or large enterprise, branding is essential, and here are eight reasons why.

1. Good branding ensures more visibility – If you want to succeed in your business, it is necessary to have a good branding. Be it in term of company logo, or other visual aspects that your brand/product uses, having distinctive features makes it easier for customers to recognize them.
2. Establishes credibility and trust – A professional-looking branding for your company shows your potential customers that you are a well-established and trustworthy company. A company that lacks critical branding aspects will have a much more difficult time gaining confidence. You have very little to show for your business if you don’t have any branding.
3. Helps to boost sales and revenue – If your branding and marketing initiatives are done right, customers will be enticed to try you out. This in-turn will increase your sales and will help to raise your market share. 
4. Competitive advantage – It is important that your branding stays uniform and consistent throughout the business journey. Along with making your brand recognizable in the market, it will give your organization a competitive advantage from new competition.
5. Employee morale and motivation – Having strong, recognizable brand is not only important to attract external customers but more importantly your internal customers/employees should also be equally proud of working as part of your brand.  It will bring down attrition rate and will attract new talents too.
6. Customer loyalty and retention – Customer loyalty is built on strong branding. Customers that have been loyal to you in the past will continue to support you in the future. They will share a favorable word to their friends and acquaintances.
7. Ensures brand promise – Your company’s branding is not just logos, company website and other marketing collaterals. It includes you and your employees, and what as a wholesome entity you promise to your customers. Customers can anticipate more from a company with a strong branding.
8. Sets the overall tone and expectations – If your branding is all over the place, you will end up confusing your customers. But with consistent and clear branding, it becomes easier to approach them. Customers will exactly know what to expect and what you have to offer.

The most effective branding is based on a strong concept that you and your team can believe in, commit to, and execute on. It should reflect on every aspect of your company including service/product design, a logo, or a tagline, customer experience, company philosophy and culture, among other things. Unquestionably, a branding strategy that is incorporated into your whole business strategy will assure growth and success for your business.