{"id":109627,"date":"2018-02-19T08:44:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T08:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/?post_type=guides&#038;p=109627"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:39:45","slug":"define-brand-vision-identity","status":"publish","type":"guides","link":"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/guides\/define-brand-vision-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand vision and identity playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>How will this playbook help me and my business?<\/h3>\n<p>Brands are vital business assets, particularly for large, international organizations. But, even for small businesses, branding is critical. Ultimately consumers and businesses are often making the choice between one brand and another. This is why improving brand identity is relevant to all businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Creating a rich, clear brand vision and identity will strengthen your business, provide strategic clarity and focus and act as the foundation for all your marketing activity.<\/p>\n<p>In this playbook, branding expert Debbie Inglis explains a structured approach to review and define your brand identity to make it more appealing to customers. By referring to examples of effective branding, Debbie gives step-by-step advice on developing a brand strategy, purpose, positioning, identity to deliver an authentic and consistent end-to-end customer experience.<\/p>\n<h3>What is a marketing playbook?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>A marketing playbook defines the types of communications, best practices and optimization techniques that should be used to maximize return-on-investment for different marketing objectives. 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