Seriously...
Atlanta ReBranding Consultant asks:
"How are you thinking
about your company's rebrand?"
Your rebrand is not something you should do on a whim. People know your current brand, and if a change is needed, you don't want to jump out of the fire and into a frying pan.
How you think about it will make a big difference.
You may need a complete overhaul. You may just to update the description of your products and services to be stronger. Or you may want to do a repositioning of some of what you do.
What matters is that you create a great first impression based on your current strongest capabilities, engage your audience, and give them what they need to move down your marketing and sales process.
But be careful.
Don't jump around, thinking a quick fix is "it." Are you thinking:
We just need (another) fresh website redesign…
If only we had a hot new logo color!
What if we change the homepage "hero image" photo?
FUHGEDDABOUDIT!
You can get pretty twisted up in changing the wrong things… you could miss key opportunities that will create impact…or you might miss important details that make a difference.
At best, your site looks "better"… but that's not why anybody buys. And if you want to stay out of the frying pan …a bad rebrand that doesn't hit the mark confuses people with two weak representations, and is often worse than doing nothing.
Think it through. Let's make it make sense. Be clear and compelling. Let's make it work powerfully to your advantage.
"Its not that we need new ideas...
but we need to stop having old ideas."
— Edward Land, Co-Founder Polaroid
"I like that quote, but we need new ideas, too!"
— Joel Alpert
You haven't done anything wrong.
It's a natural need.
It's natural for your business, your competitors, and your marketplace to continually evolve.
Your business and branding revolves around up-to-date product/service offerings. (And we might want to look at how you offer them, and how you deliver them.)
With customer experience that demonstrates you understand their interests.
With clear, compelling marketing communications that work. Driven by a thought-out marketing program, integrated with brand-building, social media marketing, and targeted response-oriented programs to move the needle.
Continuing. through sales, onboarding, customer service, and beyond. (That applies to SMB that's not fancy shmancy stuff just for the Fortune 500.)
ReBranding gives you a chance to do your best work, so you can compete and sell more powerfully!
Even if you’ve been in business for years. (Especially if you've been in business for years!)
What is a good rebrand?
A good rebrand happens when we put fuzzy business, branding and marketing into focus. What's changed in the marketplace? How has your company evolved since the last brand checkup? Have you figured out better ways to offer your product or services…or do you need to?
What needs to change in your business or marketing? Why do your prospects buy? Why from competitors? Why from your company? Why do they say yes, and what does it take to move there?
Would adjusting the substance and presentation of your product and service offerings be stronger? Do we need to have a fresh new look? And can we work to move your sales process towards... more sales?
We're not asking these questions randomly. They come out in our working process. And that vital reboot unravels what has gotten off track -- or never was fully on track.
And when you do it well, you light up your business and its relationships.
And if you did this... don't you think it would make your business more productive, efficient and more profitable?
"…essentially reintroduced us to our Brand. He worked with us on strategic thinking, research, and helped us create a meaningful tagline. Equipped with this superior brand identity, we are now moving with confidence to redesign every element of the Brand. Our future is indeed brighter."
(See "They're Saying...")
What's a Rebrand?
What's a Brand ReFresh?
What do I need to know about these variations?
CEOs and CFOs quite fairly ask...
"Does branding have a
business case behind it?"
Read our LinkedIn blog on this, just CLICK the image above.
Why invest in rebranding?
"The brand element of that combined market value amounts to around one-third of the total, which confirms the brand as the most important single corporate asset.”
— “Brands And Branding” (Bloomberg Press)
Click Here for some more financial perspective on the real dollar value of branding...a blog post we wrote on LinkedIn, excerpted from "Brands And Branding."
Why Rebrand? Because you don’t want to kill your best prospects!
