How Your Brand Attracts Your Audience
Wednesday June 2, 2021
Like getting ready for a date – you’re not going to wear just any old thing! You’re going to wear something that you think will attract the person you’re interested in, right?!
Your brand is no different. The visuals you use and the messaging you share should work like pheromones… attracting the right people and repelling the folks that aren’t a good fit for what you have to offer.
We urge you to take as much care in designing your brand as you would if you’re getting ready for a date after a year of quarantining. Oh, wait...too soon?
Here are the things to think about when it comes to branding (or rebranding) your business this year:
Feeling Emotional
We’ll keep saying it until it gets through to people… your brand is NOT your logo! Your brand is actually the feeling someone gets whenever they see or interact with you or your business.
We are emotional buyers. While we use logic to help make a big decision, it’s the emotion behind the logic that causes us to pull the trigger. Not making this up. You can read about the subconscious emotions that influence our buying behaviors here.
That means an effective branding strategy revolves around ONE question:
How do you want people to FEEL?
Color Psychology
While your brand is SO MUCH MORE than your fonts, colors, and logo - this concept sticks (like old chewing gum) because the visuals we use in our brand are so powerful.
However, did you know that colors hold emotions? YUP! The science of color is absolutely amazing.
For example: Yellow and Red are colors that make us hungry. What brand colors does McDonalds use? BOOM!
Instead of picking a color because you like it, or because it’s your favorite color, it’s important to do some digging into the emotions that are associated with the colors you choose.
Do they match up with the feelings you want your audience to have?
Creating a Personality
If branding is an emotional process, that really humanizes the whole experience. What if your brand was a person?
- What would your brand do when bored?
- Where does your brand hang out?
- What does your brand like to eat?
- Where would your brand go on vacation?
- Who is your brand’s community or tribe?
- If your brand threw a party, what would be the vibe?
It may feel silly but taking time to think about and answer these questions will flesh out your brand in a way that feels right to both you - and your ideal audience. It will also help you when writing your brand messaging and creating marketing materials for your business.
If you need support during the rebrand process, or just want to discuss getting some of the marketing of your biz off your plate, call for an Assist!
abbeyharrison
Abbey Harrison worked in the corporate world developing and implementing processes for over 12 years before she finally said, “enough is enough” and decided to start her own biz in the marketing world. Her experience with business and office management lead her to develop strong skills in understanding the importance of organization, communication, processes and delegation. She started Assist for the Win to bring her “big-business” skill set to entrepreneurs and small businesses and give them the marketing assistance needed to have the same essential structures that corporations use every day. Her mission is to empower small business owners to realize they don’t have to run their biz all on their own and take the implementation of marketing off their plates, so they have one less hat to wear. She specializes in marketing behind the screen, on the screen and beyond the screen so that business owners can spend time focusing on what they do best!
Abbey is a Colorado native, loves rooftop patios, a great glass of wine, her husband, Chris and her 3 amazing boys, Ethan, Aidan and Deacon.