Branding Questions to Ask Yourself

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As entrepreneurs and business owners brand themselves and their business on social media, it’s important for entrepreneurs to to take a step back and constantly re-evaluate and re-determine their branding goals. One of the ways to do this is for entrepreneurs to look over all of their social media and branding properties and to assume the role of a new visitor and ask themselves these questions:

Can you define your brand?

Based on the content and design of your brand, can you clearly define what exactly you see? Is it on par with the message you internally seek to strive?

If not, you should immediately take actionable steps to making sure your content and design appear more in line with your branding goals.

Can you understand their main service / product offering?

Ask yourself – how easy is it to understand your main offering? At the end of the day – you are performing branding activities because you want to build more exposure for your product, consulting service, personal message, etc etc. Can someone new to your social media properties clearly see the product/service behind your message and expertise?

Can you understand the types of clients / partners they work with?

Part of branding is giving out the message – “I’d like to work with these types of partners” without actually saying that. Do your social media properties clearly articulate the clients you have worked with before? Does a potential client who visits your properties understand that – do they see themselves as an ideal fit?

Do you clearly understand their strengths?

How easy is it for a new visitor to understand your expertise? At the end of the day – it’s nice to show the type of clients you work with and your product offering – but how easy is it for someone to understand that you are a subject matter expert in your field and that the reason why someone should become a client for your product/service is because of your expertise? That’s what defines your brand in a sea of similar brands.

Happy Branding!

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Ben Cathers

Ben Cathers is the co-founder of InstantSocial.com – an outsourced social media provider (smo). He is the co-founder of three startups before he was 19 years old. Ben is the author of Conversations with Teen Entrepreneurs and was named in 2005 by CNN as a member of “America’s Bright Future.”  Ben has been quoted/featured in the Wall Street Journal, FOX News, ABC News, CBS News, Yahoo! Internet Life, The London Sunday Times and in over 40 different publications. 

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