I'm Kate, branding strategist, designer and craft enthusiast! I am passionate about helping small e-commerce business owner's dreams come true through design! Check out how I can help your online business succeed!
You’ve heard it time and time again – creating a brand for your business is vital to your success. You may have shrugged it off for a while saying things like ‘I can do it myself’ or ‘I’ll just find something on Canva’. While these options are not horrible for the time being, your DIY will only get you so far. But, you may still be questioning – what exactly would a professional-looking brand do for you and your business? Read on for 4 HUGE benefits to branding your business!
Often times your first impression is the only impression people will get of your business. Make it count by branding your business professionally. If the first thing that people see is a mix of colors, fonts, and disjointed feeling throughout your website and social media, people are more apt to hit the back arrow and scroll to the next business. We don’t want that!
When you professionally brand your business, you won’t look like anyone else. People want to work with a one-of-a-kind professional. Most likely, when people are looking to buy or work with you, they’re going to be shopping around. They’ll be comparing you to others in your industry. Does your brand stand out? Are you rememberable?
When you show up consistently and cohesively by branding your business, people will automatically associate the feeling they get when they consume your content to the way they will feel when buying or working from you.
You want to create a brand that accurately depicts what that feeling will be like when they received your product or service. People are going to be more likely to buy from you when they already know what the outcome will be like for them over someone who they have to ask a bunch of questions about what the process will be like with them.
People pay more for expertise. If your brand targets your specific audience, they’re going to pay more for a person that specializes in their field rather than a general person that does the same thing for everyone.
An example of this would be a runner looking to buy running shoes. When they walk into a specialized running store where they can watch your form and give you a shoe to fit your exact needs, they’re going to be willing to pay a little more over a big-box store like Academy. This is because they know at this specialized running store, they are going to get exactly what they need and be able to talk to someone who knows exactly what they’re going through. They’re not entirely sure who they’ll talk to at the big-box store or if they’ll know the answers to their questions.
Creating a professional brand can be a game-changer for you and your business. I know everybody wants more customers that are willing to pay you more for what you do.
If you’re ready to create a brand that will make you look like the professional that you are as well as give you all of these things above, contact me to set up a FREE chat to talk about creating a brand for you!