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Know your product or service…
Sadly, it’s not enough to build a product and assume it will be the base of your brand. Just ask Apple about Apple TV, Microsoft about Zune. Unless your strap line is “Yes, it’s totally free,” then don’t plan on having a product sell itself–or your company.
First, consider what makes the product truly unique. How will it avert pain, bring pleasure and envy to all who use it and, most important, make people talk about it? As a young company, advertising is expensive and brand development can be slow, so word-of-mouth is going to be your primary aim.

Be an expert on your business, product or service…
You’ve just developed a product that is going to change the world. Congratulations. You’re also now an expert–on your product, the state of the world that gave rise to your product, the problem or issues that your product is solving, the people who buy your product (and those who would never buy your product–and why they’re losers), and how your product will impact the world.

When you’re a thought leader, you’re influencing buyers to believe that they could have never lived without your perspective–or your product. This isn’t easy: It means gathering stats, hearing what your competitors are saying and developing a bullet proof marketing strategy. A true expert understands how to be relevant to the untapped market he or she seeks, and how to reach and connect to them. By looking a little further down the road and prognosticating what’s to come, you become the thought leader for your industry. Now you just have to be right and make it happen!

Give your clients or consumers a brand promise…
Think of the brands you love: BMW, McDonald’s, Apple…

Well, maybe you don’t love McDonald’s but think about the promise these companies make to you? Do they fulfill it? Every time? Of course they do. Whether it’s engineering, a reliable meal, great service or innovation, they have made a promise to every consumer that they will fulfill it, every time, no excuses. The brand promise is a method of  establishing trust and a foundation for your brand, growing your brand and gaining strong brand awareness.

To uncover your own brand promise, dig deep to answer these three questions:

Why did you build this product?

What can you absolutely deliver on, 100 percent of the time, no questions asked?

How are you making your customer’s life better every day?

Remember, Ray Kroc never set out to make the best burger; he set out to make the most reliable burger restaurant on the planet. BMW isn’t making the cheapest car, the coolest car or the family car; it’s simply the best-engineered car. That’s what the top engineers from Germany will promise you every time. Their customers’ lives are made better because each time they sit in that car, they’re closer to automotive genius. That promise being met is what makes the customer come back.

And when you have a repeat customer, you have a brand.

It may well be over 3 years old now but this really has got to be one of ‘the best ever’ viral marketing videos… with well over 1million views to date, its creation was pure genius.

newbrandguru is very excited to start working with the outstanding kitesurfing company CrazyFly.

Working closely with the R&D team in Slovakia, our first project is to implement an email marketing system to strengthen communications between CrazyFly HQ and their UK retailers and schools.

Following this, we will be working hard with the R&D team to assist in the launch of their 2011 product range that is due to hit our shores in early September.

To strengthen the CrazyFly brand within the UK, NBG will be implementing a number a clever marketing tools to not only maximise brand awareness and PR but to improve communications to their retailers across the UK. Part of this process will be implementing an e-mail marketing system directed at the trade to raise awareness of all PR developments and highlight product testing within key related publications. Our strategic marketing plan will also include a number of more creative experiential marketing campaigns to allow consumers the opportunity to experience and witness firsthand the outstanding quality of CrazyFly products.

We just LOVE the new advertising campaign by Corona, simple idea but highly effective.

Since our official launch in February 2009, NBG has successfully taken over 20 highly innovative products to the market and assisted in the substantial growth and development of several businesses within West Sussex.

In recognition of our own success, we felt it only right to enter NBG for the Observer Business of the Year Awards (Innovation category). After careful consideration, we selected the innovation category as we felt it best reflected the hard work and efforts we put in over the year.

Growing our clients businesses whilst the country was gripped by one of the worse economic downturns in history took some highly innovative marketing clever PR, exceptionally clever campaigns and a strong focus on growing and strengthening our clients brand awareness.

NBG has grown at a phenomenal rate throughout 2009 and this growth has meant we have had to implement new and innovative marketing tools and online services to assist and support our growing portfolio of clients. These tools include secure log-in areas for clients to file share, communicate and monitor project progress. In addition, we have implemented a highly sufficticated email marketing system, which again allows our clients to log-in and monitor campaign success.

NBG is based in Chichester and is fast growing to establish itself as the leading marketing consultancy in Sussex and with our application for the awards now handed in we wait patiently with fingers crossed and eagerly await the judges decision.

Good luck to all the businesses entering this years awards!