How can BC&P help make your marketing more effective? By enabling you to find your BRAND DIFFERENCE. That's what makes you special, unique, the best and only place customers can get your BRAND of products or services. We do it through 'Turning The Telescope', our trademarked Brand Development process that uses a unique combination of analytical assessment and focused creativity.
Here's what Brand Development does for you:
Differentiation
Separates you from the competition. It conveys the compelling reason why customers should do business with you.
Value
A strong brand is perceived to have a higher value than "brand X." You can charge more and give away less. Research proves it.
Loyalty
Customers are brand loyal, even when the cost is higher. It's up to you to build in that loyalty and back it up with value.
Image
A strong brand creates a more positive image for your products, services and organization.
Here's how 'Turning The Telescope' works:
Step 1: Background Information Gathering
BC&P . . .
- Gathers existing information from you
- Pre-interviews key members of your staff
- Performs limited background research
- Summarizes market environment
Step 2: Create The Brand Development Team
You Will . . .
- Select a team of about 6 key staff members
- Choose people who bring various perspectives - sales, marketing, product development, financial, operations, HR, executive management, etc.
- Commit to investing a half-day for a retreat, plus about 2 follow-up 1-hour meetings
Step 3: Discovery Retreat
With BC&P' s Guidance & Input, you Will . . .
- Meet Off-site from about 8:00 am - 12:00 noon
- Provide facts about your products, people & company
- Identify about 20 possible USPs (Unique Selling Points) differentiating you from your competition
- Narrow down the list to 3-5 key, targeted USPs - these will be the basis for our Brand Creation
- Summarize and confirm our USPs
Step 4: BC&P Creative Development
BC&P Will . . .
- Study the outcome of the Discovery Retreat
- Have several creative Brand brainstorming sessions with BC&P' s team
- Select the recommended Brand, plus 2-4 secondary choices, from a list of hundreds
- Prepare a Brand Recommendation Report for your response
Step 5: Group Brand Presentation
BC&P Will . . .
- Meet with your Team to present the Brand Report - includes the recommended Brand, its graphic presentation, usage examples and copy platform
- Request reaction & comments from your Team
- If necessary, BC&P will make changes/revise the report with one of the secondary choices then resubmit the final Brand Report to conclude the project
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