Business consultant Jeff Nock reveals how best to evolve a company’s brand and the importance of doing so.
Founder of Prescient Consulting, LLC and a veteran of the business world with a demonstrated history of growing established companies, startups, and non-profit organizations alike, Jeff Nock, based in Iowa City, Iowa, is, in addition to a management development, strategic planning, sales, and marketing specialist, also an expert in branding. Speaking from his Iowa City office, branding expert Nock talks openly about brand evolution and the importance of the process.
“All brands must evolve to stay relevant year after year,” says Nock, a management development specialist and Regis University graduate with more than 30 years of executive leadership experience. “Not even the world’s biggest businesses can expect to rely on a brand which isn’t constantly evolving, at least to some degree,” he adds.
What’s important to remember, however, is that the nature and extent of any such evolution can vary massively, according to Nock. “Often I’m asked, ‘How much change is too much for a brand?'” says the expert. “At the same time, ‘How much is too little?’ is an equally common question when it comes to brand evolution,” he notes.
Business consultant Nock believes that it’s about finding a sweet spot. “A brand must remain fresh; it must evolve,” he suggests, “but it must also retain a reassuring degree of familiarity.”
Nock says it’s essential to keep a brand’s purpose, principles, promises, and values. “Very, very little evolution is often needed here,” he explains. “Instead, it’s about maintaining these points, while evolving in other areas,” adds the consultant. “Instead,” he continues, “consider altering where a brand is positioned, its wider audience, and its use of language.”
It’s not, Iowa-based Jeff Nock says, about potentially or possibly alienating existing customers, clients, or users; rather, it’s about evolving to appeal to a wider audience. “It’s about staying fresh; it’s about staying current,” he adds.
A brand’s story should also evolve as the organization does, the business consultant points out. “While core beliefs and a brand’s message should remain consistent, it’s important to reflect growth,” Nock suggests.
“Ultimately, brands must continually evolve to some extent,” he adds, wrapping up, “or they risk fading, at best, or, at worst, dying and disappearing from the market completely.”
Based in Iowa City, Iowa, founder and CEO of Prescient Consulting, LLC Jeff Nock boasts a demonstrated history of growing nonprofit organizations, startups, and established companies alike. Skilled in business and strategic planning, sales, marketing, and presentation development, now-established Iowa resident Nock also holds a master’s degree in management from Colorado’s Regis University and is a specialist in management development. To learn more about Jeff Nock and Prescient Consulting, LLC, visit https://prescient.us/.
