Brand reflects and affects all parts of a business simultaneously, but can also be shaped or reshaped by consumer perception. This leads to the dilemma that, if a business doesn’t develop and manage its brand effectively, clients and customers might just do it for them. Potential customers come loaded with expectations these days, and therefore a business has to provide something that differentiates it from another. Under these circumstances, how can you make sure that your blog or website will stand out of the crowd and attract visitors? In one word: branding. Your website should help you reinforce your brand, using both visual cues and adequate content. Your website branding should be an extension of the way you market off-line. Branding isn’t just about your logo, although a logo is an important visual element to help people remember your brand.
Additional benefits of a strong brand include:
Reinforcing your logo, business purpose and client commitment on every page of your website will ensure that your company is the first one that comes to the mind of a potential customer. Branding is psychological, meaning that you will need to get inside people’s heads. Sometimes this will inevitably be a numbers game. That is, the more exposure you manage to give to your brand in front of the web users, the longer it will stick with them. Practically speaking, use your website name and logo in a many different places as possible. Put the link on your email signatures. Talk about your website in online forums. Purchase advertising banners and so forth.