Hi, my name is Sally Edens, and I am the owner of My Creative Pixel. I specialize in logo design, branding, print services, web design, email marketing and work with companies of all sizes nation wide ultimately improving their business problems with creative solutions. Shoot me a quick email to see how I can help you!
Branding is so much more than a logo and color palette. It is the total impression and feeling that people have about you – in essence, your reputation both on the ground and in cyber space.
Before you plunge headlong into a re-branding effort, conduct a small amount of online research. First find some reliable experts on re-branding and read what they have to say. Second, take a closer look at your . Are they looking more contemporary? Are they showcasing new products or services? Have they changed their branding?
Who is your target customer now? Has that changed over time? When you first launched, for example, you carried a lower quality product or a very limited number of services. Over time, you have added to that product line or services, but your “brand” reputation is still with those early products and service. You are still only attracting your original customer target types, not the newer audience you want. You will have to change your “image.”
Along with your original product(s)/services, you designed a logo that fits well. Does you logo still represent you effectively? It may have old art, fonts, or colors. If so, then the impression people have of you is that you too are old, worn out, and have old, cheap products or services. It also discourages trust. You cannot attract the new audience you want with an outdated logo, so part of your re-branding will include a new, contemporary design that reflects the new “you.” See below for some over time.
Good branding communicates a definite message to customers, potential customers, and just visitors. If you have changed the value of your product/service; if you have product lines that no longer appeal to your original audience, then it really is time for a change. Your old customers may not want to return, and you have potential customers out there that are unaware of the changes you have made.
If you have tried to update content, design, etc. on your website, has it been patchy? Have some elements and pages been re-designed but not others? If this is the case, you have lost consistency – something that customers rely on if they are to trust you.
Are you just “one face in a large crowd?” You may be offering new and unique, but with all of the noise out there, you are looking a lot like your competitors, as you always have. Part of re-branding is making changes in your design, in your content marketing strategies, and in your presence on social media – all of these should showcase your brand as unique.
If, after asking yourself these questions, you are sensing that your brand o longer represents your company and that you have evolved so much that you are significantly different from who and what you were when you began, then it is time for a facelift.
If you are thinking about a re-brand, then chances are you probably need one. If done carefully and with an eye to why you exist, who your ideal customer is now, and how you can alter all that you do to showcase who you are now, in content, in a logo, and other design elements, you can have fun and look forward to some great days ahead.
Contact Sally Roper if you’re in need of a rebranding.
