{"id":1272,"date":"2019-02-06T09:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T08:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/?p=1272\/"},"modified":"2022-05-03T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T08:04:25","slug":"the-importance-of-rebranding-what-is-it-and-can-it-be-implemented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/the-importance-of-rebranding-what-is-it-and-can-it-be-implemented\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of rebranding: what is it and how can it be implemented?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By definition, rebranding is the process of strategic change of a company\u2019s brand identity. For a brand that is already on the market, it consists in choosing a new name, logo, or communication strategy, with the intention of reshaping its identity and positioning it differently in the reference market.<\/p>\n<h2>Proactive rebranding<\/h2>\n<p>Sooner or later, all companies need to renovate and &#8220;refresh&#8221; their corporate image, or address new markets and targets, or strengthen their relationship with their original target. In this case, this is proactive rebranding, and the objective is to retain consistency between the evolution of the business and the original brand identity.<\/p>\n<p>This may be the case, for example, of a company that has chosen to produce a different type of product with respect to its original core business, and needs to adapt its identity to this change.<\/p>\n<h2>Reactive rebranding<\/h2>\n<p>There is also another case, where the redefinition of the corporate image takes place in response to specific events such as, for example, acquisition by a bigger company, the merger with another company, or even trademark issues. Sometimes, the contributing events may originate externally: the evolution of competitors who force the company to reorganise their brand image quickly to retain its previous competitive edge, or even corporate scandals which have damaged the brand reputation and therefore demand a quick change of course to improve the perception of the brand among consumers.<\/p>\n<p>In all these cases the process involved is reactive rebranding.<\/p>\n<h2>Rebranding: evolutionary and revolutionary changes<\/h2>\n<p>The changes linked to the rebranding process can be distinguished into two types: those that involve the gradual change of styling factors, such as logo and copy of the pay off, and that we can define &#8220;evolutionary&#8221;, and the &#8220;revolutionary&#8221; factors which on the other hand entail more radical changes, such as a name change.<\/p>\n<p>In general, we can nevertheless state that the true symbol of the corporate image and its changes is without doubt the logo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1330 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maikii-Thumb-PVC-USB2D1.png\" alt=\"Maikii-Thumb-PVC-USB2D1\" width=\"372\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maikii-Thumb-PVC-USB2D1.png 800w, https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maikii-Thumb-PVC-USB2D1-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maikii-Thumb-PVC-USB2D1-768x332.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Rebrand your company\u2019s image with 100% Custom gadgets<\/h2>\n<p>One of the many ways to rebrand a corporate image starting with a new logo is to make company gadgets to be distributed to customers and employees and on which to imprint the elements of the new brand image. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/en\/custom-design\">Maikii\u2019s 100% Custom<\/a><\/span> gadgets are simply perfect for the job, as they allow you to reproduce any three-dimensional shape, and to produce a custom-made promotional accessory, whatever the initial idea. But that\u2019s not all, printing your (new) logo onto a carefully chosen accessory can also be an effective vehicle to imprint your new logo into memory. If you\u2019re looking for a way to give your corporate image greater visibility, try a customised promotional gadget, look through <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/en\/catalogue\">our catalogue<\/a><\/span> for some ideas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1331 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maikii-Thumb-PVC-Speaker.png\" alt=\"Maikii-Thumb-PVC-Speaker\" width=\"377\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maikii-Thumb-PVC-Speaker.png 800w, https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maikii-Thumb-PVC-Speaker-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Maikii-Thumb-PVC-Speaker-768x332.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By definition, rebranding is the process of strategic change of a company\u2019s brand identity. For a brand that is already on the market, it consists in choosing a new name, logo, or communication strategy, with the intention of reshaping its identity and positioning it differently in the reference market. Proactive rebranding Sooner or later, all companies need to renovate and &#8220;refresh&#8221; their corporate image, or address new markets and targets, or strengthen their relationship with their original target. In this case, this is proactive rebranding, and the objective is to retain consistency between the evolution of the business and the original brand identity. This may be the case, for example, of a company that has chosen to produce a different type of product with respect to its original core business, and needs to adapt its identity to this change. Reactive rebranding There is also another case, where the redefinition of the corporate image takes place in response to specific events such as, for example, acquisition by a bigger company, the merger with another company, or even trademark issues. Sometimes, the contributing events may originate externally: the evolution of competitors who force the company to reorganise their brand image quickly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,42,42,16,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2854,"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/2854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maikii.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}