So you’ve gone through the process of designing your personal brand. You’re proud of it, especially since it’s blooming and people are embracing it and getting to know your company. This is an excellent start in the world of branding, and if you’ve gotten that far, good! However, there is much more to understanding branding. One of the steps in keeping your brand solid is learning how to manage it. Managing it will guarantee that your brand has a positive association in the mind of your customers and potential customers. When you nurture a positive association, you encourage people to spread the good word about your business. Everyone becomes a brand advocate, and every small business can use those kinds of people supporting their business. Here are some other reasons you should put effort into managing your brand.
Technology Moves Rapidly
It’s a daily struggle to keep up with the technology of the times. New phones, new tablets, new computer operating systems – they come into play every few years, and if you’re not buying something new and keeping up with the news that often, it can be hard to know what’s really going on. This is a terrible move for your business and its brand. Taking advantage of technology is one of the easiest ways to grow your business. For example, if you were still hanging around on MySpace and had neglected to open up a Facebook instead, where would you be?
Conversations Can Be Missed
Someone tweets that they need to fix their roof. You manage a roofing company. If you’re not managing your brand by using platforms such as Twitter, how will you ever know that there’s an opportunity for business? You won’t. Managing your brand involves chiming in on important opportunities on social media channels like Twitter and Facebook. If you don’t, then someone else will step in to talk to that client instead.
