Sound is an integral component of the product experience, and if designed through the brand lens, it can also be used across product marketing to bring commercials to life and tie directly back to the product experience.

Sound design has the power to create a tangible bond between consumers and their favorite brands. By leveraging the psychology of sound, marketers can craft experiences that evoke nostalgia, comfort, urgency, or excitement.

Integrate sound seamlessly into your branding strategy by taking a closer look at the role of sound design in product marketing.

Building Emotional Connections and Brand Affinity

Sound has a profound capacity to elicit emotional responses. In product marketing, this means the right sound can tap into a customer’s deep-seated desires and memories. The right sound design ensures your customers feel a positive response anytime they power on their devices or receive a notification. If you carry these sounds across your marketing campaigns, they can boost recall and affinity outside of just the product experience. This feeling can echo through your marketing to help create a unique and iconic brand.

For example, at CMoore Sound, we worked with Peloton to create their product sound ecosystem and startup sound, which became a sound logo for the whole brand. Sound design is incredibly versatile and paints a vivid picture for your customers. Our experts in UX sound design work with brands to find the perfect soundscape for their products because it makes a profound difference. Not only does it make products sound better, but it also impacts how brands can build affinity with consumers.

Enhancing the User Experience and Powerful Storytelling

Well-designed product sounds are primarily created to increase functionality and boost accessibility within the product experience, but they’re also an opportunity to add delight and help tell the brand story.

Whether it’s the evocative soundscapes of luxury car brands such as Lucid Motors or the acoustic soundscape of a Google device, a product’s sound design plays a key role in enhancing functionality and supporting brand.

A consistent and distinct audio presence is key to not only being heard but also remembered. When synchronized with the visual components of a campaign, sound can serve as the glue that binds the narrative together, amplifying the emotional impact. A key role of sound design in product marketing is showcasing your brand and product story, ensuring your sonic branding becomes a beacon of reliability to customers.

Showcasing Your Values

Strategic sound design should be an integral part of your brand and product experience, supporting your brand values. This allows you to tailor your storytelling to make the right impression that is cohesive with your ideal brand positioning.

Using stock sounds in a product or advertisement alienates more than it engages and can disassociate people from your curated brand experience. Instead, you should aim to use the sounds consumers have come to know across marketing to build trust and affinity for your product and brand.

So, how do you strike the perfect balance? While it’s crucial to be audible, do so with a level of subtleness and alignment with your brand’s values. Creating a successful sound design plan requires being true to the message of your brand, whether your sound design prioritizes a feeling of luxury, innovation, excitement, or something else entirely. Reinvent your product sound design today to refine the user experience and start engaging with more customers.