Companies are aware that their brand is a critical asset in determining the value of their firm. The more that clients, employees and investors value your brand, the better chance you will have to grow sales, attract quality employees and have access to low-cost capital.

Your online brand is as important to your business success as your website itself. In fact, a website that looks good but doesn’t have a strong brand may prove to be a detriment to your business, both online and offline.

Building brand awareness needs a strong visual identity. How do you identify your brand from your competitors? People are visual creatures and thus more likely to remember visuals better than text. When done right, these four visual elements will help to strengthen your brand awareness strategy.

Trust is one of, if not the most important aspect of building a positive relationship with your current and potential customers. If your brand is seen as untrustworthy, you will never be able to build the relationship it takes to bring in new customers or retain current ones.

You’re probably wondering, “How do I build brand trust?” The answer to that question is by utilizing content marketing and creating content that doesn’t just aim to sell your audience, but more to help them. Building brand trust is about creating positive relationships between those in your organization and every person that your organization encounters.

When it comes to your company’s brand, the most important feature to establish is trust. People can fall in and out of love with brands for a myriad of reasons, but trust is a virtue that can endure in perpetuity once locked into place. Potential customers most likely have numerous options to select from within your industry, leaving many to ask themselves, “who do I trust?” Your brand is your identity. How you communicate it can be the difference between your audience having the right or wrong impression about you, for better or for worse. Something so vital to your company’s health cannot be left up to chance.  

Marketing budgets are always a sensitive topic—particularly when your business depends on a pipeline of projects that ebb and flow throughout the year. During revenue downturns, it seems as though marketing is always the first budget on the chopping block. But in reality, it should be one of the last to be cut if you want to keep that pipeline pumping.

When determining the best way to allocate your marketing dollars, you’ll get the most bang for your buck by directing a substantial amount to your website—after all, it’s your marketing hub. This means every marketing initiative should support your site’s ability to attract visitors. With this strategic approach in mind, there are five main marketing solutions we highly recommend that will maximize the number of leads generated through your site:

It’s no secret that video has become a powerful marketing tool, now more than ever. In the fast-paced world we live in, more and more consumers prefer video over other types of content. Wyzowl's 5th Annual State of Video Marketing Survey found that 87% of consumers say they'd like to see more video from brands in 2019.