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11/10/2009 4:51 PM
Experts urge small business owners to "brand" their businesses with a set of consistent promotional materials. With that in mind, it begs the question, "Is your stuff up to snuff?" Take a look at some of the reasons why it's important to put a premium on your ads, brochures, newsletters, logo, business cards - wherever and whenever your company's name is out there.
To Attract More Clients
Some clients look for a well defined company, and a company "look and feel" may be one of their criterion for making a purchasing decision. If your company's promotional materials go together, you look well-organized, in charge, and like you know what you're doing.
To Brand Yourself
You need promotional materials in order to build an image and a brand that is greater than your individual identity.
To Convey that You Are Reputable
Professionally printed materials show that you are committed to both your business and to your clients.
To Give Clients a Sense of Stability
Your business may be new, but if you have invested in your identity, you are more likely to appear bigger and more established in the eyes of your customers. It goes a long way toward building that all-important trust.
To Be More Memorable
Forty percent of people more easily remember what they see than what they hear or read. So to have graphics associated with your business, and to keep those graphics consistent, makes you more likely to be at the forefront of potential clients' minds when they need your products or services. Repetition works.
To Endear Your Company Name to Your Clients
Reinforcing your company name with interesting and compelling graphics, makes potential customers more likely to remember you.
To Differentiate You from Your Competition
Well-designed promotional materials can begin to tell the story of how you do business, including the special practices that make you stand apart from the competition.
When you think of companies that you remember, that you like to do business with, take a good long look at how they brand themselves, the quality and consistency that they use to promote themselves. It never hurts to emulate greatness.