{"id":718,"date":"2008-07-28T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/?p=718"},"modified":"2008-07-28T03:35:01","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T02:35:01","slug":"4-faces-of-branding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/4-faces-of-branding\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Faces of Branding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every brand wears multiple hats, meaning it portrays a slightly different face to different audiences.\u00a0 Typically, there are four main faces of branding that every brand portrays to the different audiences that see it and experience it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Brand&#8217;s Face to Your Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your brand represents a specific image, message and promise that supports your overall business.\u00a0 Analysts, investors, reporters, shareholders,\u00a0business partners\u00a0and so on typically see this face of your brand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Brand&#8217;s Face to Your Employees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your brand represents a specific image, message and promise to your employees that makes it meaningful and motivational.\u00a0 This is the face of your brand that makes people want to work for your company.\u00a0 This brand\u00a0face is particularly important for companies that grow through mergers and acquisitions and need to integrate multiple sub-brands under a single company brand umbrella.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Brand&#8217;s Face to Your Customers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your brand represents a specific image, message and promise to your existing customers that makes it meaningful to them and helps them develop an emotional connection and relationship with it.\u00a0 This is the face of your brand that makes people want to buy your products and do business with your company again and again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Brand&#8217;s Face to Non-Customers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your brand represents something completely different to non-customers who have not yet experienced it first-hand.\u00a0 This is the face of your brand that requires a significant investment in terms of developing awareness, recognition and expectations for it in order to drive non-customers to action and turn them into brand users and eventually loyal customers.<\/p>\n<p>Take some time to evaluate the four faces of your brand.\u00a0 Do they match?\u00a0 If not, is there a valid reason why they&#8217;re different?\u00a0 The strongest brands represent a consistent image and promise across all four faces with targeted messaging that enhances that face but doesn&#8217;t change it.\u00a0 What do you need to do to make sure the four faces of your brand are consistent across all touch points of your business?\u00a0 Making the necessary changes now will strengthen your brand in the long term.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/vox_efx\/2320523864\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Flickr<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every brand wears multiple hats, meaning it portrays a slightly different face to different audiences.\u00a0 Typically, there are four main faces of branding that every brand portrays to the different audiences that see it and experience it. 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