{"id":6260,"date":"2021-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meyers.com\/6-ways-use-product-packaging-marketing-tool\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T17:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T23:29:34","slug":"6-ways-use-product-packaging-marketing-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meyers.com\/meyers-blog\/6-ways-use-product-packaging-marketing-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Use Product Packaging as a Marketing Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n

Product packaging has come a long way. If its purpose was simply to protect products in the past, now it is a critical aspect of a brand’s marketing strategy. Packaging is one of marketing’s \u2018Eight Ps\u2019, alongside product, place, price, promotion, people, physical environment, and process.<\/p>\n

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Strategically designed packaging creates several points of value for brand owners. Great packaging differentiates a product from its competitors, adds to the customer experience, offers a medium for communication, and conveys a product’s value. When executed well,\u00a0retail packaging<\/a>\u00a0can increase not only brand recognition and recall, but customer conversion as well.<\/p>\n

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Product packaging is a critical part of the marketing mix. To fully leverage packaging\u2019s brand marketing potential, here are some best practices.<\/p>\n

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1. Create custom packaging with your branding\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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Packaging should complement and reinforce your brand identity and vice versa. Coherent branding and packaging<\/a> cue customers on what to expect from your product. The opposite confuses them. To keep a target market’s attention, messaging synergy is essential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For example, consider a luxury cologne with a TV ad featuring actors in evening wear and luxury cars. This message is ideally packaged in a way that conveys affluence. The product package could include a glass bottle in a robust and dark-colored rigid folding carton with imagery that represents status, style, and success. Even without looking at the product’s price, a consumer would already infer how much it generally costs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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2. Go for an out-of-the-box idea<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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