By Stella Gay


Branding is a practice as old as the human race itself. From the earliest days craftsmen marked their products, farmers branded their livestock and artists signed their works. Consumers quickly learned that certain craftsmen were more reliable than others and started looking for their unique marks. To this day branding forms a very major component of any marketing effort. With help from experts in brand strategy consulting Honolulu HI companies find themselves able to access new markets and to expand their operations.

Branding is the art to create instant recognition when a specific phrase, logo, tune or word is seen or heard. Businesses go to great lengths to create this instant awareness. It helps to create a demand or even a desire for a very specific product or service. Branding can also be applied to services rendered by non profit organizations in order to create awareness of their efforts in their specific fields of endeavour.

Branding is important because modern consumers are swamped with choices. Those manufacturing and selling products and services want consumers to associate a specific product or service with very well designed expectations regarding quality, desirability, durability, comfort and reliability, to name just a few. So, when a consumer considers any of these keywords, a very specific branded product or service must immediately come to mind.

The establishment of a branded product, service or even idea is an extraordinarily difficult task. It requires a high level of skill and experience in the fields of consumer psychology, marketing and finance. Very few brands appeal universally to all people, so it is vital to define the intended target group and the message that must be conveyed to them very carefully.

In order to get a target group to identify with a specific product or service they need to hear and see a message that they can identify with. In the media age companies often utilize the services of well know people, people that are know and revered by their target markets, to carry their messages for them. The idea is that the target audience will accept a product or service if it is liked by someone they admire.

Creating, implementing and managing branding strategies cost a lot of money. Most of the larger corporations hire specialist firms to handle this very important function. Branding specialists need to know everything about the intended target markets, the products and services involved and the future plans of the company. They also need to gather feedback from consumers to tweak their plans.

When hiring branding consultants it is vital to choose reputable, established and experienced firms. They must be able to demonstrate previous successes and they must be willing to guarantee that there will be no conflict of interest. They must furthermore know the products and services of their clients and they must wholeheartedly endorse those services and products.

No organization can ignore the issue of branding. Customers, supporters and potential clients increasingly only deal with brands they know. And they only know about these brands because they are being made aware of it.




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