What is Brand
Awareness? According
to Wikipedia “Brand
awareness is the extent to which a brand is recognized by potential
customers and is correctly
associated with a particular product”
Brand awareness
is all about positioning, perception, value, visibility, image, acceptance and
brand equity. Research has shown that a large percentage of Nigerians feel very
comfortable buying a product they are well familiar with.
In other
words, for a business to stay constantly visible and relevant in the market, it
is primarily important for organizations to focus on creating and maintaining
brand awareness.
Here are few ideas to put into
considerations when creating brand awareness for your business;
- Goal Definition: For any
marketing campaign it is important to identify from the beginning what you hope
to gain. Goals clearly defined would help shape the strategy and provide
guidelines for what to measure. Also making the proper marketing and media
research will also give you a head start.
- Market Maneuvering: Gaining
brand awareness requires “overtaking” yes, it is only normal that there are
other competitive products in that same market, so market maneuvering includes
the effective use of variety of tools. Tools like People, technology and media,
most importantly the media because these three tools have been considered very
essential for market maneuvering.
- Brand culture: To create brand
awareness it’s important for organizations to consider internal brand culture,
brand image, brand slogan, and brand taglines. Brand culture expresses the
system and process that an organization uses to coordinate its brand
activities. Brand image is about the logo. Brand slogan is the advertising
phrase, and brand tagline is a word that is associated with the brand. A
careful combination of this four brand awareness mix would help organizations
structure and pursue lines of activities both internally and externally to help
give their products the best visibility. The higher a brand is being promoted,
the more the customers get aware and in turn, sales are activated. Product
packaging and uniqueness of your offerings should be one that constantly
propels your target consumer to stay with your brand. These are the things that
should be considered in other to gain your market share.
- Categorization and Distinctiveness:
Analysis of product and product distinct feature would help you define
which category of consumer fits the description of the product introduced.
Taking considerable amount of time to outline the distinctive features of your
product and the customer that fits consumption of such product would help you
target, reach and keep your market. A typical example is Coca cola, the shape
and size is quite different from other beverages.
- Language and style: Your
language should be able to communicate to your target audience. Your language
should hold meaning and be communicable. Your language should also be able to
engage your audience.
- Product introduction style: For
product introduction, the location and the medium must fit. Each community of
consumer has common reason to change their consumption and stick to a new one.
It is your responsibility to find reason for consumer to shift their brand and
use it as an advantage.
- Invite people to participate: Employees,
friends, family and the communities of your consumers should get involved in
the process of brand promotion. What you represent should get people talking.
Make them understand the brand promise you want to fulfill. Then get their
opinions, suggestions and ideas on how to improve your brand awareness yea, “because
no man knows it all.”
- Measurement: Finally, you can measure the result of your brand awareness program by knowing who is talking about your product. See if the people have embraced your product or services, see what they are saying, (positive or negative) about it. You can go to the market, or on any social media like twitter, Facebook etc.
If you are thinking of advertising in Nigeria, please contact PoiseMedia
Communications at www.poisemedianigeria.com or check our contact at the bottom of this blog. We can help you
identify your market and reach them. We apply both BTL and ATL strategies to
project our clients’ brands to the right audience. We can do same for you at
very affordable price.
Lilian Izuorah
Business Development Officer
PoiseMedia Communications Ltd