Here are some tips for a successful online branding:

1. Identify the right audience for your business. Create marketing personas and search for the perfect social media communities that you believe would resonate with your target market. The concept of one-size-fits-all does not apply when it comes to online branding. In some way or another, you have to be specific to attract the right audience and build your own community of followers. Knowing what really matters to your target market is a vital factor to a successful business. With today's advanced technology, almost anything is possible. Reach out to your target market by conveying the right message at the right time and in the right place.

2. Get found online. It is not enough that you have a website with your brand name and a logo. Building your brand online is so much more. You need more than just a profile on social media communities. The first thing to do is to develop your message so you can convey it effectively to you audience. What is your brand? How would you like your brand name to be remembered? These are only some of the things you should consider. Once you are ready to immerse your brand online, don't just talk - shout it out loud to the world! Be bold and brave but also know your limits. You do not want to compromise your reputation when doing your online branding. It is a long process and does not happen overnight. Choose the right medium to convey your message. There are lots of digital marketing methods which you can use such as search engine optimisation, social media marketing, content marketing, email marketing and affiliate marketing. 

3. Identify significant marketing pitfalls and avoid doing them. Sometimes marketing is a series of trials and errors particularly with digital marketing. You either adapt or flounder. One strategy may work today but not tomorrow because customers' wants and desires change over time, not to mention the changing and evolving internet industry. For example, strategies for search engine optimisation are constantly changing because of algorithm updates. You have to keep up to date to make sure all your optimisation efforts are effective. Keep track of all your marketing efforts to know which strategies work for your brand. By doing so you can repeat activities which are converting sales and improve the ones that are not.

4. Build good relationship with your customers. As they say, integrity never goes wrong. Build your brand online with integrity if you don't want to be dragged down by ugly comments and back slashing online. Marketing online can really ruin your business if you are not attentive of the needs and demands of your customers. Hear out what your customers have to say. If you have shortcomings, be honest, admit your mistakes and be proactive in providing the best products and services to your customers. Even if your product is not the best in the world, the service and the experience you provide creates a lasting impact to your customers' journey and interaction with your company. Build your own army of loyal customers and you will benefit from the power of viral marketing. The results? You can cut costs on your marketing plus earn lifetime customers.

5. Choose the right social platforms to convey your brand messages. Look for the social media communities where your target market always hang-out and connect with them effectively. Discover their soft spot to know what content or information they are looking for. Be creative and bold to create an engaging community of followers.

So much depends on online reputation. It is important to make people remember you for the great service you provided them rather than being tagged as a bad company to work with. As the founder of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos said, "Your brand is what other people say about you when you're not in the room."

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