Internal vs External Branding

There are two main elements of branding — internal branding and external branding:

Internal Branding

Internal branding is all about brand strategy — it’s the thoughtfulness and planning that goes into everything associated with your brand. Think of internal branding as the “behind the scenes” work that goes into making your brand… a brand!

Internal branding will help your business define what attributes your brand has, what emotions it evokes, what your customer needs are, how to help them solve their problems, and how to position your brand.

Companies that take internal branding seriously will have an easier time describing their product/service in a persuasive way, as well as differentiating themselves from competitors.

Since every business is different, sometimes it can be a thin line between what counts as internal and external branding. But overall, internal branding is the strategy and external branding is the content and design.

Here are some common examples of internal branding:

Internal Brand Elements

• Brand positioning
• Target profiles
• Customer needs
• Emotions
• Competitor analysis
• Brand attributes
• Brand voice
• Content strategy
• Goals

Aventive Studio develops a comprehensive brand strategy for all of our health & wellness branding clients. To see examples of the internal and external branding we have created in the past, view our portfolio here.

External Branding

External branding includes all the elements that people can see such as your logo, social media, brand colors, blog, and print and web design.

Your external branding is like your billboard: it’s what connects your potential customers to your brand, makes them interested, influences their opinion of your brand, and ultimately makes them invest in your products or services. It’s the visual branding and design that makes your customers engaged with, and eventually loyal to, your brand.

Your company’s external branding will communicate your internal branding to the public. For example, the colors and typography used in your external branding will be drawn from the emotions and target profiles you indicated during the internal branding process.

Here are some common examples of external branding:

External Brand Elements

• Logo design
• Website
• Stationery design (business cards, envelopes, letterhead…)
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Blog
• Social media
• Ads

At Aventive Studio, we help health and wellness businesses sell more products through powerful and strategic branding. We create stunning packaging design, website design, logos, and brand elements (colors, fonts, imagery, guidelines, etc.) that will set you apart from the competition.

Ready to grow your business and strengthen your brand? Drop us a line here to set up a consultation with our creative director.