The goal of any business website is to represent the company, sell the company’s products, attract more visitors, generate more business leads, promote more sales of the company’s products and services and ultimately, help gain more return on investment. To do so, a company should have a consistent brand message that cuts through the clutter and builds loyalty and trust with the customer. In this article, we will discuss Why Brand Consistency is Important on your Website?
The first question to ask is: what is a brand?
A brand is a character, tone of voice and a way of behaving. Simply put, it is a proposition that communicates a consistent value associated with a singular idea. The sum of the parts include a logo that is always used in a similar way on all marketing material, a single typeface with specific typographical guidelines, a consistent color palette applied with a similar design style, and the consistent tone in the written messages about the company, it’s services or products.
why is Your brand important?
A strong brand has one important advantage — recognition. With recognition comes familiarity. With familiarity comes trust and confidence. Done correctly, consistency brings clarity and purpose that consumers buy into. In turn, consumers become loyal to a brand. But building this kind of trust takes time. Most consumers have to be exposed to a brand many times before they are loyal to it. So a consistent brand message has to establish that consumers will immediately distinguish from a competing brand. This means a business potentially loses customers, and may even help it’s competitors if a consistent “look” and tone is not achieved.
But wait, there’s more!
The way to build a relationship with a consumer has changed. It used to be that a company could create an advertisement that directed the consumer to the website. As long as the “look” and tone between the ad and the website were consistent, brand loyalty could be achieved. That’s not enough anymore.
People are social creatures and with social media, consumers are sharing with others their feelings and thoughts about a company. Going beyond the website and leveraging social media depends on a cohesive message that can be shared outside social spheres the company has no control over.
By having a consistent message that builds positive relationships with consumers, consumers are more likely to communicate a positive message within their social circles. The point is to establish a consistent brand that builds trust over the long haul while recognizing the immediacy of social media.
Conclusion
A brand is the “look” and tone a company uses to establish a consistent message that builds familiarity and trust with consumers. It consists of the logo, typography, a color palette, similar design style, and the language of the written material. A strong brand should be consistent across all marketing outlets including the companies website and social media. Building a strong brand takes time and requires a clear voice that consistently differentiates a company from its competitors.
Author Bio
This article was written by Sam Hartford an IT professional and Web Designer.
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In the past i have worked for a leading IT Solutions & Managed service provider in Rotherham dealing with a range of IT platforms, such as - on site field engineering and remote support, dealing with all types of servers such as Virtual & Physical, Hyper–V, VMware, Windows server 2012 R2, SBS - Small Business Server 2008 2011, SQL, Terminal, Exchange, Active Directory, Group Policy, TCP, IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, RDP, hybrid & cloud, Office 365 and managed security solutions such as Antivirus and Spam filtering.
Prior to this, I worked for Wickersley School & Sports College as the Lead IT & Network Technician and also supporting local primary schools with IT Support and engineering visits & Project Management, while also running my own company AJR Solutions, providing IT & Creative Solutions.
I’m very creative and have a huge passion for design and love how design can have a massive impact on a business image, presence and value also visit -
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