Why you need to care about branding your business texting

If your company has never used business texting as part of marketing, sales, or customer service, you may not have thought about branding your business texting. Or even if your company already started implementing a texting strategy, you may not have realized the importance of staying “on brand” in text.

Maintaining a brand and voice within texts doesn’t mean every message sounds the same. You aren’t robots! But it does mean using certain language, a particular tone, specific timing, etc.

So if you haven’t yet worked with teams to help them understand how to communicate through texting, here’s why you should.

Someone’s first interaction with a business might be through text

It’s very possible someone’s first real interaction with your business will be through texting. For example, if sales reps will immediately be texting new leads, you need to help them do everything they can to make the best impression.

Just like you train teams to handle initial phone calls, emails, and in-person meetings, you should train them on business texting. Yes, everyone on your team is probably very experienced with texting in general. But that doesn’t mean they know how to text with customers. Especially in a way that’s consistent with the brand the company has already created and hopes to maintain.

Texting further solidifies a company’s reputation

Every time someone interacts with your business is an opportunity for you to show them what you’re all about. Texting is simply another way to show leads and customers what your company represents.

A sign painted on a white brick wall that says we like you too.

Marketing, lead nurturing, and customer service messages all influence how people see your business, whether or not they’ll keep doing business with you, and if they’ll think to recommend the business to other people.

If you introduce texting for your business and help teams stay on brand when communicating, your reputation will only improve.

And creates a familiar experience

You want everything the business puts out to feel united. From your social media to your website to messages your sales reps, marketers, and customer service agents send.

So if you’ve already created a reputation of prompt customer service, texting should help you deliver an even better experience. Or if you always personalize marketing offers with a joke, you should deliver offers through text in the same way.

When you focus on brand unification, people always know what to expect and they view your business more positively.

It makes individuals and teams look better

You want your teams to look like experts because they are experts. So give them all the training they need to stay on brand.

It shouldn’t matter who a lead or customer is talking to. They should get the impression that everyone at the business works toward the same goal. And that they have customers’ best interests in mind.

For example, make sure everyone is using the same terminology to describe products or services. This helps prevent confusion and leads to educated customers who know your brand and business.

A woman wearing a red beanie taking a selfie. Using the right type of photos is part of branding your business texting.

Or if employees send an intro selfie before a first meeting or call, each photo needs to stay on brand. If your brand is definitively playful and casual, each rep’s photo should reflect that. So very professional headshots won’t fit in with the brand you’ve otherwise curated. And inconsistent photo branding makes this initiative look haphazard.

Properly branding your business texting will look slightly different for every team. Everyone simply needs to be aware of how to best represent the company. And as you prioritize this brand unification, customers are more likely to become advocates for the business.

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