Impressive Taglines - Little Said, Greatly Felt!

There's many a time when we get stuck on aand brand personality, the company's core business
problem, and tend to think that it is impossible to dovalue proposition and the company's primary brand
it. And just being on the verge of scrapping the idea,message. This important information should be
we come across a billboard of ADIDAS flashing thesqueezed into a single creative line defining the
tagline- "Impossible is nothing"; we feel inspired. Wecompany's branding strategy for both company
look at our laptop; APPLE, saying, "think different",employees, which is sometimes overlooked, as well
and we begin to think something new. And just whenas the general people who would see the company
we hit a new way of solving the problem, across thelogo and tagline in many different marketing forms
street, NIKE flashes, "Just Do It". We go ahead withand across numerous media outlets. Corporate
the idea!taglines should be very easy to remember and should
Tag lines give a brand the momentum it can onlyhave a high recall value. People should tend to
dream of, if it is used the right way. It is veryremember them for a long period of time. For
important to develop a catchy corporate tagline ininstance, the Reebok tagline "I am what I am" is
addition to a great corporate logo that will effectivelyremembered to this date. The Budweiser "This Bud's
communicate in one sentence what services orfor You, Volkswagen's " Drivers wanted" are few
products your company sells. Taglines should give another popular taglines that managed to create the
insight into the company's philosophy, services andright buzz around the brand. Moreover, people tend
offerings. A good tagline is related to the company'sto use some of the catchy taglines in their daily
promise and can help to reinforce and educate avocabulary, which indicate the popularity of the
potential customer about the company. The taglinetaglines. If you can get people repeat your tagline in
should always appear below the logotype,casual conversations, for example the McDonald's
proportionate to the size and position unless specifiedtagline "I'm loving it." is a part and parcel of people's
otherwise. It is important to maintain consistency indaily conversation. Herein lies the success of your
the tagline of your company; it should not becompany.
changed or distorted with time. For the logo and theThe best possible way to create a good tagline is to
tagline to be effective, a clear space ensuringdo a soul search, understand the company's
maximum visibility and impact on everypositioning and personality. This soul search will be
communication is essential. No other element shouldable to generate a list of tagline options, which would
make inroads between them.echo the company's message. The challenge is,
There are no hard and fast rules about when to usehowever, to choose the right tagline from this list.
a tagline but there are some very important rulesThe chosen tagline could be reviewed through a
about how to use it. The tagline used in your logosample audience group and then be given the green
should be unique and should always be in closesignal if it elicits positive response. The tagline should
proximity to the logo of your company. A simple logobe created to ensure perfect synergy with the
with a unique tagline creates an everlasting impressioncompany logo. The font and the styling of the tagline
on everyone. The logo design of Accenture is ">"should adhere to the logo, color code and corporate
which implies "Accent to future" along with a taglineguidelines.
"High Performance Delivered"- don't you think it is aBrand will serve as a foundation for all company
unique and a consistent brand identity producing aefforts and endeavors and will prove to be the most
visual communication.valuable communication asset. Maintaining visual
The tagline should be easy to remember and reflectconsistency of a company logo design is vital to build
the following - the company's primary brand positionand preserve the integrity of this brand.