Brand

Brand

Our name and what it stands for.

Description

A brand is a symbolic representation of our enterprise and its products. It is designed to communicate our identity (especially how we are different from others) and to invoke a set of expectations in people about our enterprise and our products, particularly in relation to people's own needs and desires. Next to the purposely designed brand experiences people have through ads, public communications, experiences with our products, how people perceive our brand is also influenced by many other factors: any interaction they have with our products, processes and people; any public communication about our brand; any stories going around will affect people's brand perception. Positive expectations about a brand pull people towards the products an enterprise offers, negative expectations push them away. A brand is therefore also a financial asset we invest in and obtain benefits from, by purposely creating awareness and improving or maintaining our reputation with our customers, partners and investors. Brand names are often protected as a registered trademark expressed in words, visual signs or other media representations.

Examples

• The name a consumer goods company uses to represent itself, protected as a trademark and associated with a visual logo.
• A product name used for sales on commercial markets and within franchising partnerships.
• A label used by different companies to communicate and emphasise a sustainability certification.
• A name or slogan a team organisation uses in their email signature to differentiate themselves or their role internally.
• The name and website URL of an internal digital portal or application.

Use

• Structure, plan and create brand identities, their interrelations, dependencies and expressions (e.g. physical appearance, culture, values, promises).
• Differentiate brands and understand how their images and connotations are perceived and valued by their intended audiences.
• Associate brands with the structures they represent, such as organisation entities, products or other branded elements the enterprise produces.
• Ensure enterprise products, activities and content are not contradicting or undermining the intended brand identities of the enterprise.

Related

• Organisation builds Brand
• Product embodies Brand
• Brand evokes Story
• Brand represents Purpose
• Brand supports Task
• Brand appears in Journey

Variants

• Corporate Brand
• Product Brand
• Internal Brand
• Trademark Name