What is Brand identity

All the components related to a product, service, company, or person is “brand identity.” Some of these items are the name, logo, tone, tagline, typeface, and shape that create an appeal. Brand identity is a separate category from brand image.

Brand identity is the message the consumer receives from the product, person, or thing. The brand identity will connect product recognition. For instance, a recent street survey was done by asking people on the street to tell them the first product that comes to their mind when they hear the word, Bose? Unanimously, it was the headphones. Clearly Bose established the brand identity for their headphones.

Brand identity should be a consistent message received by its audience. If a portion of the identity is a particular shade, consistency of the color is imperative in maintaining the product identity. The identity must match the image projected to the public.

In short branding can be many things. Do a Google search on Branding and you will be bombardad by a bunch of web pages. Bottom line is when you start a busness or an idea and you want to be known you should brand yourself in some way. I suggest you start with a very nice website then go from there. Tell your story then move on to other ways to market and brand yourself.

More to come

Joe Rossini