The Process of Online Branding: Creating Your Identity
To be effective in positioning your brand in the market, you have to develop a distinctive brand identity because this will be crucial in sustaining your business.
What often happens is that new online marketers learn from fellow marketers.The problem with that is a lot of marketers, in an attempt to follow in the footsteps of successful online entrepreneurs, imitate what is already done by others because they’ve seen that these online marketers have been successful in their chosen method of building their brand in their niche.
You have to create an online presence much like creating an unreal character in a movie or book. You have to amplify particular features that will leave people wondering. But this doesn’t mean that you have to create an online character totally opposite of your true identity.
Here is an example to help you visualize what I’m talking about. Years ago, Patrick Pretty kick started his online campaign by getting his photo edited to alter his facial features. He then coupled this picture with his story and registered the domain PatrickPretty.com. He also infused humor in his marketing strategy that made his character even more interesting. The internet went abuzz with who Patrick Pretty is and it got everyone curious. And in no time, he got everyone’s attention and people began to listen. And when everyone was already ready to listen, he started to tell them what he has to offer.
People are dying to find something fresh, something that they haven’t experienced with all the other marketers. That’s why, Patrick Pretty has found humor and exaggeration as an unusual way of positioning his identity in his chosen niche. And with that, he was successful in making readers listen, believe and value him.
The internet has been used by people to abuse others through fraud sites and fake services and products. That is why we can’t blame people if they are too cautious when it comes to trusting other people online. Your task is to first take away this doubt so that they will listen to you and have a look on the exceptional service you can offer them.
For you to be able to get them to listen, you have to lure them and the perfect way to do that is to make them trust you. You have to be an authority in your market because people will only do business with an individual or company they value and have confidence in.
To thrive well in your niche, people must positively relate your brand to an attribute that provides unique value. A distinct brand will definitely put you on top of the rest.
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