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Branding Tips For Internet Marketing

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Posted 14th July 2009 at 12:49 PM by GT

Branding Tips For Internet Marketing

Hello, Warriors: (Also posted at GT Bulmer Web Bizz Blog)

One key to creating a successful business online is to brand yourself or your business. This post offers a few branding tips for Internet Marketing.

It makes no difference whether you manage a large online company or you are developing your own one-person home based web biz, branding can be a huge factor in determining the speed and degree of your success.

Branding is the process of getting your name or your business out to your prospective customers in ways that consistently influence how they feel about your products or services. In other words, when they see your emails, ads, articles or website, the image they get of you and the quality of your service is immediately positive.

The most successful branding takes it a step further. Not only do your targeted customers get a positive feeling when they see your marketing materials, but they also remember you as a possible supplier when seeking the kinds of products or services that you provide.

A good thing to remember with branding is that people still like to deal with people. You see it often on television where a store owner or business operator appears in advertisements and extends to the viewer a personal invitation to visit his or her business.

Here is a case in point: a couple of years ago, I began seeing a TV ad for a certain household alarm system. What caught my attention was the owner’s presence in the ad. Actually, what really caught my attention was the fact that he was stiff, nervous and robot-like in his presentation.

However, I was impressed that he overcame his discomfort to personally present a very important message of home security. Every time that ad came on, I stopped what I was doing to watch.

Well, guess what? His commitment to his business, his industry and his customers was such that through the year, each time the company created and broadcast a new ad, the owner’s presentation improved. He worked hard at developing his presentation skills for each new ad.

Now, everything about his manner is relaxed and comfortable; he comes across as friendly, personal and sincerely concerned for your home safety. I like the guy! I remember him, the name of his company and even the company’s ad jingle.

That is branding.

You can, and should, apply the concept to your home based web biz. Here are some branding tips for Internet Marketing:

1. Write, or have written, a report of useful information related to your industry or niche and of particular interest to your prospective customers; information that is focused, helpful and effective. Make it simple to read and easy to follow. Offer it free to your prospects and encourage them to give it away to others. This is a form of viral marketing which can be extremely powerful.

2. Promote the report in online discussion forums and social networking sites; include it in your profiles and signature files. That is all that some marketers promote in their profiles and signatures; they don’t promote their website or their blog. The idea is to focus on getting the report out to as many people as possible.

3. Use an autoresponder to deliver the report so you can collect names and email addresses for future follow-up. This provides you with ongoing opportunities to reinforce your branding efforts.

Give people permission to give your autoresponder email address to friends and associates, and include it in the report.

4. Make the report available to visitors on your website and blog. Place the sign-up form at the top of the page where everybody will see it. Include your photo to strengthen the personal aspect of the branding process.

5. For consistency of recognition, wherever you post your photo on the Internet, use the same picture.

The ultimate key to successful branding is getting your name and your picture out as many ways and as many places as possible. Work at developing a positive image, instant recognition and a brand that people will remember when they are in the market for what you have to offer.

Use these branding tips for Internet Marketing and you will move your business in the right direction.

GT
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