{"id":3953,"date":"2022-07-27T20:43:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T18:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marquerlefutur.com\/branding-explained-in-7-points-visible-and-felt-by-your-customers\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T09:52:10","slug":"branding-explained-in-7-points-visible-and-felt-by-your-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marquerlefutur.com\/en\/branding-explained-in-7-points-visible-and-felt-by-your-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Branding explained in 7 points visible and felt by your customers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Branding is on (almost) everyone’s lips (about time) and many people use this term without really understanding the power behind it.<\/p>\n\n
To raise the curtain right away, Branding is the sum of all the experiences and all the emotions that your prospects and customers will experience when they come into contact with your Business.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n To make it even shorter: Branding is the art of raising your customer’s Social Status.<\/strong> The happier and prouder they feel buying from you, the better your Branding.<\/p>\n\n Dans la derni\u00e8re partie de cet article, je vous donne les 7 Piliers d\u2019un Bon Branding et ce que vous pouvez faire tout de suite pour am\u00e9liorer votre propre marque.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The good news<\/strong> is that there is no set path and method to follow to the letter. Because unlike Digital Marketing, blindly copying what your neighbor is doing will be catastrophic for your business. Imagine for a moment that Asics does the same commercials as Nike. Who will win in the story?<\/p>\n\n The wonderful news<\/strong> is that it allows you to develop all the uniqueness of your business! This is followed by a ton of benefits that I have ordered alphabetically… Just for the sake of it.<\/p>\n\n *Closes the Dictionary and puts it in the library*<\/p>\n\n I invite you to read these next lines. There is gold in these paragraphs.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n There are actually three Fundamental Secrets<\/strong> that are found in all the Great Brands of this world. If you too want to benefit from a powerful aura that attracts your customers, these three golden rules are for you.<\/p>\n\n As I told you above, there are 7 Essential Pillars<\/strong> for a brand to gain power.<\/p>\n\n Miss a pillar and your brand will lose consistency.<\/p>\n\n If you only base your Branding on a single Pillar, your brand will not hold.<\/p>\n\n All the pillars must have the same importance to equally support your Brand.<\/p>\n\n It is a centerpiece of your Branding. The purpose of a logo is threefold. A logo identifies<\/strong> you, differentiates<\/strong> you and helps your customers remember<\/strong> you.<\/p>\n\n One of the biggest mistakes I see in my clients’ logos is that they try to put all the weight of their communication on their logo alone. They try to tell a complex story, to advertise the services they do in their business and use too many details which ultimately work against them.<\/p>\n\n In reality, it is the job of your photographs to tell a story (Point #4).<\/p>\n\n Rappelez-vous que nous voyons en moyenne entre 250 et 300 marques, publicit\u00e9s, annonces par jour. Nous ne sommes absolument pas capable de nous souvenir de tout.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n Donc votre logo doit r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 3 crit\u00e8res pr\u00e9cis. Il doit \u00eatre :\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n If you think your own logo does not meet these 3 principles, change, simplify.<\/p>\n\n Your colors are essential. They allow your customers to identify and recognize you quickly.<\/p>\n\n Lorsque les couleurs sont bien choisies, elles g\u00e9n\u00e8rent chez vos prospects et clients un sentiment de confiance accrue. R\u00e9duisant le temps n\u00e9cessaire pour passer \u00e0 l\u2019action<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n Lots of mistakes are made with colors. My favorite is this AB Test which shows that a red button converts better than a green button. It’s not as simple as that.<\/p>\n\n Certainly, red is a color that stimulates more than green. But it’s not just that. It would be too easy. In reality, the test in question is biased by a cruel lack of contrast in the initial version of the page.<\/p>\n\n And the secret to a good color palette is CONTRAST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n But back to red shall we?<\/p>\n\n Would you feel confident if Facebook had a red cast? Probably not.<\/p>\n\n Colors are there to generate unconscious emotions. Too many mismanaged colors kill those emotions and your customer will want to leave.<\/p>\n\n And although today, more and more big brands (like Dropbox for example) know how to develop large and very diverse color palettes (for a few million at Collins<\/a>), it is better to stick to a fundamental principle:<\/p>\n\n What is the emotion that your customer must feel when using your products \/ services?<\/p>\n\n Is it excitement, confidence, joy, passion?<\/p>\n\n By looking for these feelings, you will see that very often, colors are associated with them. This is a great starting point for developing your palette.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n My God, how I love this subject!<\/p>\n\n Coming from the country that created THE most emblematic typeface in the world (Helvetica), you can imagine that I like typo.<\/p>\n\n The rule is very simple:<\/p>\n\n Readability + Personality == Choice of your typography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n For this, Google Fon<\/a>t<\/a> is your friend.<\/p>\n\n And before choosing a font, ask yourself the question of the personality you want to offer your customers.<\/p>\n\n What must they think of you at first glance? Are you rather irreproachable, serious, intimate, fun?<\/p>\n\n Compare your answers with the style of the writings that are on your site \/ on your sales pages. Does it match?<\/p>\n\n You may not be able to feel personality in a typeface. In that case, ask a graphic designer. And respect his point.<\/p>\n\n In any case, if you have more than 3 different font styles on the same page, you’re shooting yourself in the foot.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n This is probably the most delicate subject.<\/p>\n\n Do you have to take photos of yourself mainly?<\/p>\n\n Or, for the sake of shyness, you probably prefer to use images on image banks?<\/p>\n\n There really isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer here. But there are a few things to think about that I like to offer my clients:<\/p>\n\nBut before that, I have good news and wonderful news.<\/h2>\n\n
So if you want your customers (and many of your prospects):<\/h2>\n\n
<\/figure>\nBut how to generate so many positive emotions without witchcraft?<\/h2>\n\n
Well that\u2019s all well and good, but how to concretely improve your brand:<\/h2>\n\n
Pillar #1: Your Logo.<\/h2>\n\n
<\/figure>\nPillar #2: Your colors<\/h2>\n\n
<\/figure>\nPillar #3: Your Typography.<\/h2>\n\n
<\/figure>\nPillar #4: Your photos \/ Your imagery<\/h2>\n\n