Product and branding photography is an essential part of any small business. It can help to build the know, like, and trust factor, showcase yourself as a professional in your industry, use your photos for social media content, stand out from the crowd, ooze confidence to potential buyers, improve brand recognition, add authenticity, raise your conversions, display professionalism, compete not on price but quality, inspire your audience, convey the quality of your work, build trust with your audience and increase your sales.
But first, what is Branding? It is the way you present yourself, your business so that others may identify your goods or services. Basically, it is how you make yourself stand out in a crowd.
If you can create a meaningful brand that attracts the right client for your business, then you are halfway there.
A few more things you need to think about when you are defining your brand.
If you think of your brand as a personality, what is it?
What tone does it have?
If you are struggling with defining your brand and building a strong identity for your business, that’s where I come in. To help you create that personality, tone and colours for your business and to capture the soul of your brand.
Why is Branding photography so important?
People form a first impression in just 50 milliseconds, so everything you share has to wow and do it fast! Good quality, consistent, professional brand photography is going to help capture potential clients in a flash as they’ll see that you appreciate attention to detail, high quality content, consistency and great aesthetics. I know that if something is presented well, I’m already mostly convinced without even knowing anything about the product or service!
I'll work with you to make sure that your offerings make a visual impact. Professional photos can do wonders for one’s social media presence. 75% of online shoppers rely on ecommerce product photos to make a purchase decision. In addition, 90% rate the quality of the product photo as the most important factor when deciding to purchase.
𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓
We all know by now that visual content goes a long way and has a much better engagement than text-only content, and if you’re not convinced yet, here are some cold, hard facts for ya. 65% of marketing execs say photos, videos, illustrations, and infographics are key to communicating your brand story; Facebook posts from brands that included images earned 87 percent of all engagements; 51% of B2B marketers prioritize creating visual assets as part of their content marketing strategy; tweets with images receive 150% more retweets than tweets without images; articles with an image once every 75-100 words received double the social media shares as articles with fewer images; Facebook posts with images see 2.3X more engagement than those without images. On board yet?
You need images and more importantly, you need good quality, on-brand images. I'll work with you to make sure that your offerings make a visual impact.
𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐊𝐄𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐘
You might have your logo, colours and fonts down, but if your photography doesn’t match, you’re in trouble. Having all of your visual elements work together cohesively is vital in maintaining brand consistency. Brands that are consistently presented are 3 to 4 times more likely to experience brand visibility and 90% of consumers expect their experience to be consistent across all channels and devices used to interact with brands.
Now you may be able to find some good stock images that kind of work but chances are they aren’t quite on-brand, or if they are, a hundred other people are using the exact same photos in their brand. Stock imagery is good when you’re first starting out, and I still use some from time to time, but it should be the goal to have your own, unique and perfectly on-brand photos to use instead.
Now let’s answer some frequently asked questions about branding photoshoots.
1. Why is now the right time for my branding photoshoot? A branding photoshoot is essential for any small business that wants to stand out from the crowd and showcase their products or services in a professional manner. If you’re looking to improve your social media presence and increase sales, then now is the perfect time for a branding photoshoot.
2. How will I use the final brand photos?
I get that maybe you’re wondering where you could possibly use all of these photos and you’ll totally want to get your money worth if you’re investing in a photographer, so here’s a few ideas for how you can use these images once you have them:
As your social media profile photos, especially if you’re a team of one, or your brand is really personal, like a life coach or blogger.
⭑For Instagram photos
⭑In your Instagram stories
⭑To show who you are on your about page
⭑In blog posts
⭑As the graphics for your paid ads
⭑To show your process
⭑As the sign-off of your email newsletter alongside your name
⭑On one side of your business card
⭑To introduce yourself in a webinar
⭑On the team page of your website
⭑Throughout a PDF opt-in
⭑For a client thank you note
⭑As part of your PR/Media/Press package so others can write and share about you and your business
⭑In your email signature
⭑As podcast artwork
⭑In your online course content
The options are endless! They can help you build trust with your audience and convey the quality of your work.
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