Thursday, March 24, 2011

Is brand renovation important?

A company that owns a particular brand hires an advertising agency to promote its image in the market and ultimately to enhance sales of the product. It is a well noted fact that a brand represents the image of a company or organization. Customers come to know about the presence of a company only through its brand. How the brand is made accessible to customers again depends on the advertising state of affairs associated with the brand. Hence, it can be stated that ‘brand advertising is always mandatory’ for a company to upkeep its image, participate in the prevailing competition and to enhance its revenue.

Advertising practices vary from one brand owner to another. Some advertisers adopt multiple advertising media to communicate with their target customers, while some prefer a single advertising channel to convey the brand message. An advertising campaign of a brand cannot be launched then and there. A well-planned promotional strategy needs to be devised and later deployed by the advertising team. Meanwhile, the message of the campaign needs to be finalized and as per the requirement, the creative team has to work on its design, ad copy, look and feel and any other measure that will present the brand in an exclusive manner.

Advertising will always be a continuous practice of brand marketing. Brand owners can adopt new practices or tools of brand advertising or adhere to the same old tools & practices. Brand owners can even revamp or renovate their brand logos or slogans. In the last few years, many brand owners have changed logos & slogans of their brands. The purpose behind the change is to present their brands in a brand new look so that customers engage more of their time and obviously end up adopting the same. All in all, we renovate our homes during special festivals such as Diwali. Likewise, if we impersonate brands, they even need to get renovated right

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

How to promote brand loyalty amongst your customers?

The objectives of an advertising campaign do not come to an end even after sales. Advertising is continuously required for the brand to promote a sense of brand loyalty amongst the target groups. Advertisers are not ignorant of the fact that a wide range of brands which offer the same features and benefits (like their brands) also exist in the market place. One more important thing to note is that one advertiser cannot underestimate his competitor (s). People in advertising field are very clever and it is tricky to step ahead in the aggressive competition. In this blog, some particular guidelines about how to promote brand loyalty amongst your target are provided. Take a look.

Information and more information

One of the simplest ways to promote brand loyalty amongst your customers is to keep informing them about your brand. However, the brand language used for such kind of information should be mild and not much compelling. A compulsive brand message should be used mostly when you need to provide huge sales for your product during particular occasions.

Check repetition

Excessive repetition repels the attention of customers. Make sure that you are not repeatedly promoting your brand over and over again.

Change of medium or adopting multi-mediums of advertising

In order to keep alive the interest of your customers, it is important to change the medium of advertising or to adopt multi-mediums of advertising (only if you have a capable budget). Advertising through multi means of communication provides more impact and reach on the customers. However, the advertiser should make sure that he has spending capacity before adopting multi means of brand advertising.

Relate your ad message with interesting facts/events

For customers, advertising is a means of availing brand communication plus a source of entertainment. This is why it is important to relate your ad message with interesting facts or events in order to glue the attention of your customers.