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Add You - Nobody Reads Signs and Other Popular Myths
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The key is to be consistent in all your signage when it comes to branding, this includes consistency in colour, word typeface and g
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Let's look at his popular myth in more detail. Firstly, all retailers have to accept that consumers today are inundated with messages on signs, as a result, the majority are not read. Any sign that looks amateurish, too complicated or is not targeted is, in today's over signed world, rejected by the consumer. They simply don't have time to read them.
Consumers have become selective in what signs they will read. In today's retail world you have to be targeted and specific if you want customers to take in the message.
What's the message?
Signs are used to communicate various messages to consumers and the first priority is to decide what message you want to get across to your audience.
Some signs aim at getting a brand message across, symbolism is more important than the words. Nike, Shell, Coca-Cola and McDonald's are all highly successful at getting symbolic brand messages across through their signage strategy.
The key is to be consistent in all your signage when it comes to branding, this includes consistency in colour, word typeface and gr
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Consumers have become selective in what signs they will read. In today's retail world you have to be targeted and specific if you want customers to take in the message.
What's the message?
Signs are used to communicate various messages to consumers and the first priority is to decide what message you want to get across to your audience.
Some signs aim at getting a brand message across, symbolism is more important than the words. Nike, Shell, Coca-Cola and McDonald's are all highly successful at getting symbolic brand messages across through their signage strategy.
The key is to be consistent in all your signage when it comes to branding, this includes consistency in colour, word typeface and g
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Consumers have become selective in what signs they will read. In today's retail world you have to be targeted and specific if you want customers to take in the message.
What's the message?
Signs are used to communicate various messages to consumers and the first priority is to decide what message you want to get across to your audience.
Some signs aim at getting a brand message across, symbolism is more important than the words. Nike, Shell, Coca-Cola and McDonald's are all highly successful at getting symbolic brand messages across through their signage strategy.
The key is to be consistent in all your signage when it comes to branding, this includes consistency in colour, word typeface and g
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Some signs aim at getting a brand message across, symbolism is more important than the words. Nike, Shell, Coca-Cola and McDonald's are all highly successful at getting symbolic brand messages across through their signage strategy.
The key is to be consistent in all your signage when it comes to branding, this includes consistency in colour, word typeface and g
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The key is to be consistent in all your signage when it comes to branding, this includes consistency in colour, word typeface and graphics. Other messages you may want to get across may be price, benefits of a product, or technical details about the product.
A sign should inspire people to buy, alas too many signs just provide price and technical jargon and as a result don't achieve their objectives to increase sales.
Sonia Larson of Michigan University in the USA has spent her career researching into signage strategies that work for consumers and retailers alike.
K.I.S.S.
Signage clearly fits into that K.I.S.S. principles of business (keep it simple sells). Because consumers don't have time to read signs, keep it simple actually increases sales.
What does keep it simple mean?
Tell me the name of the product
Provide me with the three key benefits
Give me the price (in that order)
Take a look at many product signs and look at how information is presented. In a lot of cases they actually deter consumers from buying rather than encouraging them to buy. They often have too much technical in
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