{"id":17162,"date":"2024-05-02T12:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/49.13.112.60\/blog\/?p=17162"},"modified":"2025-03-23T18:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:13:01","slug":"the-cornerstones-of-brand-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-cornerstones-of-brand-identity.html","title":{"rendered":"The cornerstones of brand identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might be keenly aware of how important it is to have a recognisable identity or personality for your brand. If you think about the biggest brands in any industry, there are likely connotations that immediately spring to mind. Sometimes, these associations can feel random \u2013 or like something that you might have developed yourself. While that could be true, the amount of money that these giant brands have put into marketing might just be paying off more than you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not all about money, though; it\u2019s about being precise and effective. To do that, you might need to identify the areas that are most worth your attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Identifying Your Audience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You need to know what kind of crowd you\u2019re playing to. While you might also hope to expand your audience beyond your initial target and be as accessible as possible to many, that generalised approach might initially result in a lack of discernible personality. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/why-your-product-everyone-mary-shirley-sheehan\">The old adage<\/a> of how \u2018something for everyone is something for no one\u2019 might pop to mind here. Instead, identifying your target audience can help you to build yourself around their expectations and what they want out of a brand like yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t to say that you should completely base the direction you take off of their demands \u2013 you want to show them what they didn\u2019t know they wanted, after all &#8211; but it means understanding them thoroughly. This is also about your industry; how you market <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unibet.co.uk\/promotions\/sportsbook-promotions\">betting promotions<\/a> if you\u2019re an online sports betting platform is going to be different from how you offer an interior decoration promotion, for example, even if the core of these two opportunities is similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Your Tone of Voice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developing your entire brand personality around a tone of voice can be ill-advised due to how forced it can sometimes feel. Brands like Wendy\u2019s, for example, can become known for how they interact with customers on social media, which feels like a way of making the most of those platforms. However, it\u2019s not a strategy that\u2019s going to automatically work for everyone. With brands like that already popular in the minds of audiences, attempting the same might feel derivative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developing a <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutsocial.com\/insights\/brand-voice\/\">tone of voice<\/a> should feel authentic and natural. It should be something that functions as a natural extension of your brand and the image you\u2019re trying to cultivate for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Logo and Aesthetic<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As surface-level as this can feel, it\u2019s another instance of how looking to other iconic brands can showcase just how important it is to get this down. There\u2019s undoubtedly a pressure that you might feel early on in business to nail your logo and aesthetic \u2013 perhaps keen to avoid confusing audiences with a sudden shift further down the line. However, there have been many successful rebranding campaigns in the history of business, and when done well, it\u2019s something that can function as a re-debut for your business \u2013 a chance to tell your audiences that everything before this was simply a prelude to the best version of your brand.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prnews.io\/get\/questionary.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prnews.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/newbanner.png\" style=\"width: 100%;padding-bottom: 30px;padding-top: 30px;\"><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might be keenly aware of how important it is to have a recognisable identity or personality for your brand. If you think about the biggest brands in any industry, there are likely connotations that immediately spring to mind. Sometimes, these associations can feel random \u2013 or like something that you might have developed yourself. While that could be true, the amount of money that these giant brands have put into marketing might just be paying off more than you think. It\u2019s not all about money, though; it\u2019s about being precise and effective. To do that, you might need to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17165,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17162\/revisions\/17165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}