Brand DNA: Using Identity and Purpose to Define Your Brand

Define Your Brand - EngageTaste

Your brand is a living, breathing thing that is actually what does the heavy lifting of attracting and connecting with your customers. Work through the exercises below to help you craft the story for your home or about page:

Your Audience

Your audience is the quintessential representation of who your brand is. Describe your ideal client:

  • What is their age group?

  • What is their lifestyle?

  • What do they buy?

  • What do they value?

  • What are they struggling with?

✎ TO DO

Based on your answers above, write 3-4 sentences that describe this person.

Your Mission

The core values that you hold for yourself are essentially the guiding principles for your business.

  • What do you believe in?

  • Why did you go into business?

  • What positive impact do you offer to your community?

  • What does success look like for you?

✎ To Do

Based on your answers above, craft a concise mission statement.

Your Differentiator

If everyone in your industry sold your product or service at the same price, what would make a customer choose you over the others? What sets you apart?

✎ To Do

What can someone get from you that they can’t get anywhere else?


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Sara Graham

Sara Graham is the founder and director of EngageTaste, a St. Louis web design and branding studio, and a Squarespace Platinum Circle Designer and Certified Squarespace Trainer. Since 2013, she has completed more than a thousand projects for clients across virtually every industry and continent. Her path to web design ran through nearly a decade of global sustainability strategy at HOK and years of journalism for Zagat, Sauce Magazine, and the Riverfront Times. One taught her to think in structure; the other taught her to listen for the story.

https://www.engagetaste.com
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