Wednesday, July 29, 2009

5 things to consider before embarking on Store Branding

Hey there,

Its been a while since I've last updated but I wanted to share with you a contributor on my blog which is Ms. Pamy Wong. She is a retail specialist in Retail Architecture and she was recently a guest on the toolkit segment of the BFM radio show.

She was speaking on 5 Things to consider before embarking on store branding and attached is the excerpt of the interview.

1) Name: It defines the type of business you are in.

2) Product / Service: Knowing your product / service in detail will help you to identify the correct target market you should focus your marketing activities and brand towards.

3) Target Market: Identifying your target market will let you know the kind of customers who would want your product/service. There is no such thing as a product / service which is catered to everyone.

4) Place: When choosing a place, it is important to identify the following criteria:
- Traffic movement of the area
- Visibility of your store
- Suitability of the place to match the target market you are going for

5) Concept: Your concept store concept should be act like a billboard on the highway, it should be attract customers interest and ultimately draw them into your store to browse and purchase your products /services.

For those who want to listen to the whole interview, I've attached the link here

For more in depth information. I would strongly recommend you listen to the interview.Take care and Happy BRanding!


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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Concerns for Small & Medium Businesses

Hey everyone,

Just a short note to share on the site to link to for a radio interview done on the 18th June 2009 at BFM 89.9. Its about how Small and Medium Sized companies struggle to grow their business and how marketing is a tool commonly unused by these companies. This is the link below.

http://www.bfm.my/Concerns-for-SMEs-Routes-to-Growth-SL-Liew-Visata-Creative.html

To conclude, a quote from the radio podcast -
"Marketing is not beyond SME's who need to start looking at Marketing as a basic tool in their artillery"


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