Jerry Fletcher

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Consistency

The key element in building a brand across multiple platforms is consistency.

You cannot change the words and pictures willy-nilly. It is particularly important to say things the same way as often as possible because we operate in a digital world and the search engines use words to find things. Your Linked in Profile and your website must deliver the same message .They can thanks to Pro Brandr.

Digital and Analog

Both play a role in building your brand. Words are initially most important because they are how people and organization are differentiated both by digital search and when a referral source needs to convey your capabilities. 

Graphics are the main analog elements. Photos, illustrations, art and logotypes all can play a part in making you memorable Visual elements of your brand can have enormous impact. 

But words and pictures have to play together in each presentation and across mediums to be effective.

One of the greatest industrial designers ever understood this. His approach still makes sense today:

“People gravitate to products that are bold, but instantly comprehensible. Loewy called his grand theory “Most Advanced Yet Acceptable”—maya. He said to sell something surprising, make it familiar; and to sell something familiar, make it surprising.”

Raymond Loewy, Industrial Designer

Bold but instantly Comprehensible

Loewy practiced from the 1930s to the 1970s and some of his designs live on and are familiar today:

 
  • Air Force One livery
  • Coca-Cola bottle and fountain dispenser
  • Greyhound Scenicruiser bus and logo
  • JFK postage stamp
  • Logos for Exxon, Shell, International Harvester, Nabisco, Quaker, and the U.S. Postal Service

His iconic designs for aircraft interiors, railroad locomotives and automobiles are why we enjoy marvelous changes in vehicles today.

Surprising but familiar

The element of surprise gets people’s attention. The familiar allows understanding. This is not a new concept. When the automobile was first introduced it was called the “horseless carriage.” Positioning for a specific market versus competition is best exemplified by “The Uncola” for Seven-Up. Or for the adults in the house, Miller High Life as  “The Champagne of Bottled Beers.”

Familiar but surprising

We live in a world that is constantly changing. There are examples of this approach in every product category. For example, an automobile called a hybrid which runs on both gasoline and electricity. Once that truly differentiated the vehicle but now you have a choice of brands. Or how about foods that have Zero Calories. Sugarless desserts. 

We need to quickly and surely put things into the matrix between our ears in such away that we can first understand the item and then quickly recall it. 

Impact at speed

Remember that when folks first come upon any new page on the internet that you have just 3 seconds to get your brand across. You have at most 15 seconds to connect with words a potential referral source can use to tell someone about you. Your graphics must connect instantly with that part of the prospects brain that responds to emotion and has no words.

Your web site can serve up a great deal of the information you put into your Linked In profile in greater depth. Make sure your words and visuals build your credibility to cash. Check out ProBrandr.

And so it goes.

Jerry Fletcher
Consultant
Marketing

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\Jerry Fletcher is a sought-after International Speaker, a beBee ambassador, founder and CEO of Z-axis Marketing, Inc. See Jerry’s speaker demo reel.

His consulting practice, founded in 1990, is known for on and off-line Trust-based Consultant Marketing advice that builds businesses, brands and lives of joy. 

Credibility to Cash TM is his latest way to share experiences so you can take your business up a notch…or two.

Consulting: https://www.JerryFletcher.com
Speaking: www.NetworkingNinja.com"> https://www.NetworkingNinja.com

Product: https://www.ProBrandr.com

Comments

Jerry Fletcher

2 years ago #2

ken, you are spot on. I'm continually astounded by how little consultants understand how their clients and prospects all operate the same way essentially asking the question “What's in it for me?” And so it goes.

Ken Boddie

2 years ago #1

Interesting comparison between “surprising” and “familiar”, Jerry. I think we all tend to forget, particularly consultants, that what we take for granted as everyday, hum drum, “sow’s ear”, can be so easily be thought of by our clients as a “silk purse”.  All we need to do is deliver what we promise, on time and on budget, while, along the way, providing a memorable experience and outstanding service. The key is communication, before, during and after delivery. Yet so many of us, particularly we technocrats, fail to comprehend this basic and essential requirement, often treating our clients as mushrooms once the project is underway, resulting in our service being ‘memorable’ for all the wrong reasons. 

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