Personal and Company Branding: How Strong is Your Brand Recognition Part 2
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Instant recognition, of your personal or company brand in marketing luxury real estate, is the ultimate goal of banding. The fastest route to achieve this top-of-mind status is by specializing in a particular category or niche within your market place and becoming identified with that category. An example would be the waterfront property expert.
In part 1 of this article series about brand recognition, we demonstrated the speed at which the mind recognizes an iconic brand. What is not as obvious, however, it the speed at which we categorize, or pigeon hole that which we observe in order to give it a context. The ultimate goal of branding is to become top of mind in a category. James Bond’s 007 enjoys top of mind status in a specific category or genre of films-spy thrillers. Can you think of any other lead characters in this film niche? How about Jason Bourne in the Bourne Identity, or Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible?
Spy thrillers are a sub-category or a niche within the large category of action adventure files. For example there are numerous action adventure heroes such as Batman, Spiderman, Superman, Ironman, X Men and the Incredible Hulk. James Bond is an action hero. But, would James Bond be associated with this same group of characters?
Try another category! When you think of late night talk show hosts, who comes to mind? Did you think of Jay Leno or David Letterman? How about a daytime talk show host? Did Ellen or Oprah come to mind? Notice that Oprah did not come to mind in the late night category.
Our minds think in categories, whether it is products, services, plants, animals or entertainment. That is why it is so important for you as a luxury real estate marketing professional to stand out and become known for some specific niche within the minds of your target market.
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