Welcome to this blog written by guest blogger Martina Spence of MMS Studio.

Branding

We all understand the power of branding. When we decide to buy a branded product, we know what to expect. A brand comes with the promise of quality, customer service and excellent customer experience to give us a reason to use the service again.

Branding is a powerful marketing tool for all businesses, corporates, small or large, and freelancers. Even individuals can have a personal brand.

What is unique about your company? What makes your product or service different, and why should customers use you? Your unique selling point (USP) and your mission statement are the starting point of your brand strategy.

Why should I think about brand strategy?

As a business owner and freelancer, you are faced with daily challenges that can be overwhelming. A brand strategy is a go-to document that provides you with direction and clarity for any business decisions. Whether it is your digital marketing content, the customer service you offer, the staff you hire or the company culture you nurture, the basis for all decisions is laid out in your brand strategy. The document supports confident decision making to ensure your business grows and improves performance.

MMS Studio offers brand consultations to support your brand in making it entirely yours, cohesively and creatively representing your business and its values. Brands do best when they are authentic.

MMS’s Brand consultations include:

• Identifying your unique-selling-point (USP)
• Defining your mission statement
• Expressing your vision
• Setting your goals
• Defining your audience
• Discussing your brand identity
• Telling your brand story
• Setting your brand experience
• Analysing your brand assets

At the end of your brand consultation, you receive a comprehensive brand strategy, a step-by-step action plan to turn theory into practice. To tell your brand story authentically, MMS Studio offers brand photography for digital marketing that is personal and shows off your company.

Brand Coaching

We offer brand coaching for when your business is doing well, but you know it could be doing so much better in the depths of your heart. So let’s look at your brand and its components and discuss how alignments and adjustments can update and elevate your brand.

Marketing Planning

A marketing plan is essential to reach your goals and can be simple or comprehensive depending on your business and the available time. The plan serves you as the foundation for all marketing decisions.

‘Who is your target audience, where do you find your audience, and which communication channels do they use?’ are necessary questions to choose effective marketing channels for your business.

The Value of Marketing

Is marketing worthwhile? Planned marketing is considered and generates leads, creates awareness and informs; it is measurable in both leads and sales. However, some aspects of marketing are vital to build and strengthen your brand and only measurable in numbers long-term.

Conscious marketing, a purpose-driven, relatively new marketing approach, understands that businesses have a responsibility and recognises people at the heart of a business. Conscious marketing is about good decision making and starts with decisions about packaging (reducing and compostable), staff (Living Wage), customers (customer service), suppliers (Fairtrade) and waste management.

MMS Studio offers marketing consultations and planning tailored to companies’ needs and preferences. A marketing plan will empower you with a solid structure to reach your business objectives.

MMS Studio supports businesses in creating brand clarity, consistency and marketing to stand out in their industry elevating performance. We offer discovery sessions – 30 minutes to discuss first ideas, please contact martina@mmsstudio.co.uk, www.mmsstudio.co.uk to enquire.